The Holiday Food Drive

The Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce and Town of Fremont sponsored a Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Fremont Community Food Pantry located at the Fremont Community Church. Food donations were dropped off from December 1st, 2009 through December 11th, 2009 at the following Fremont locations:

Fremont Fire Station-Fremont Public Library- Rickles Pickles- Fremont Moose Lodge-Fremont Town Hall.

Thanks to organizations that helped collect donations and to all who donated food items. The picture shows Herschel and Carolyn Smith of the Food Pantry accepting the donated food items.

Herschel and Carolyn Smith of the Food Pantry
accepting the donated food items.

 

Fremont Boomerang Backpack

The Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce made a $1,000.00 donation the Fremont Boomerang Backpack Steering Committee on January 19, 2010.  Linda Fulton, Chamber President, presents the check to Mary Sacquitne, Chris Phillips, Angel Frain, Joy Thompson, Steering Committee representatives and Ben Stuckey, FIST representative at Fremont High School.

The Boomerang Backpack program is designed to help supplement students’ food needs on weekends. The program provides students on free/reduced lunch with a backpack filled with healthy snacks to take home and eat over the weekend to deal with hunger. It also works to help students gain an understanding of helping others and philanthropy. High School students work as job coaches with the special needs students being shown that philanthropy is truly rewarding and can be for their entire life. It is hoped that the program will increase attendance rates on backpack distribution days and improve achievement from students on Mondays.

Linda Fulton, Chamber President, presents the check to Mary Sacquitne, Chris Phillips, Angel Frain, Joy Thompson, Steering Committee representatives and Ben Stuckey, FIST representative at Fremont High School.