Dike Food Pantry— Haul Out Hunger
posted on Thursday, June 27, 2019
Haul Out Hunger’s visit to Grundy County also included a stop to the Dike United Methodist Church where we met up with Shelley Viet, who coordinates the Dike Food Pantry along with her husband and local volunteers.
![dike group picture](/webres/Image/blogs/dike7.jpg)
“We rely on church staff and volunteers to help keep our shelves stocked and support our clients,” said Shelley. “It’s definitely a big responsibility, but our volunteers have a desire to serve and better our community.”
![Bringing in pork loins](/webres/Image/blogs/dike%204.jpg)
![Unloading pork loins and filling freezers](/webres/Image/blogs/dike%209.jpg)
During our visits today, Haul Out Hunger donated 180 pork loins to Grundy County—enough to provide 3,240 protein-packed, hearty servings of pork.
“Fresh meat like this is extremely hard to come by,” said Shelley. “Our clients really appreciate this donation for a delicious, healthy summer meal. We are so grateful for this timely donation.”
![Henry's Heroes supplies](/webres/Image/blogs/dike%203.jpg)
Like many other pantries, Dike is fortunate to receive a lot of local support.
“Recently the high schoolers held a chili fundraiser to purchase 50 crockpots for local at-risk families,” explained Shelley. “Families that received them were so appreciative and they definitely come in handy when cooking up these large pork loins.”
![Shelley and Iowa Falls FFA volunteers](/webres/Image/blogs/dike.jpg)
The Dike Food Pantry is open five days a week from 9AM to Noon and on average serves 12 families in the community.
![Shelley](/webres/Image/blogs/dike%208.jpg)
![Dike food pantry](/webres/Image/blogs/dike%205.jpg)
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