A Thank You for 'Genuine Care and Consideration'

Each week many of the people who visit the pantry here at Saint Anthony's take time to personally thank one or more of our volunteers for the services that the pantry provides. We value this face to face feedback … hearing a heartfelt 'thank you' while helping in the pantry is very meaningful for our hard working volunteers. And every once in awhile we also get a letter thanking us for what we do … one such letter we recently received is provided below:

St. Anthony's is a vital part of our community. Every week they provide food, clothes, meals to hundreds of people. Many of these people are families. They have helped us personally in a tremendous way. Their selfless genuine care and consideration for the needs of the people are truly wondrous and indispensable. I am grateful for them. We don't have a lot of money and my husband and I have disabilities. I can't say how many times we needed food and they were there. 90% of our food often comes from pantries. They are like family and I don't even want to contemplate how difficult it would be for us if they weren't there for us and so many others. I thank God for them.

It is wonderful to get a letter like this … we are happy to have been helpful to this family and hope to be as helpful for many others.