Marlton Club Stocks Shelves of Local Food Pantry

January 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Marlton Woman’s Club Stocks the Shelves of Cherokee Food Pantry

Members came bringing cans of tuna, soup, packaged dinners, cake mixes, peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, toothpaste and toiletries. They came with open hearts. Bright yellow shopping bags lined the walls of Gibson House on Monday, January 22 at the monthly club meeting of the Marlton Woman’s Club, when members brought donations to stock the shelves of the Cherokee Food Pantry. The food pantry is housed at Cherokee High School and managed by school guidance counselor Suzanne Connolly. With Wiley Food Pantry, the Cherokee Food Pantry was also one of two designated beneficiaries of the women’s club’s October bingo fundraiser last fall when patrons brought non-perishable food donations.

Club member Michele Drzymala had also reached out to her neighbors via Nextdoor.com, an online community, and happily received donations at her home as well from those wishing to help families facing needs this winter.

Self-described as a “a group of women who raise money and give it away,” the GFWC Marlton Woman’s Club is a federated non-profit volunteer service organization. The club meets at 6:30 pm on the fourth Monday of the month from September through May at the Gibson House Community Center in Marlton. For more information visit www.marltonwomansclub.com or contact Membership chair Sandy Meltz at SandySmiley1229@gmail.com.

CAPTION: Members of the Marlton Woman’s Club make yet another trip from their January club meeting to gather up the collection of non-perishable food donations for the Cherokee Food Pantry at Cherokee High School. Pictured are (front to back, R-L): Mary Ann Crilley, Amy Glass, Roberta Calabria, Sue Price and Karen Speight.