Plum Creek donates money to 7 food banks
Libby Food Pantry volunteers Menga Miller, foreground, and Chloe Adamson, right, sort out shelves of food a few days before Christmas. The Plum Creek Foundation recently contributed $2,000 to help the community food bank continue running in 2011.
The Plum Creek Foundation presented
$30,000 to seven community food banks in northwest Montana this
Christmas season, including establishments in Libby and Eureka.
Checks were made out to the Columbia
Falls Food Bank, Flathead Valley Food Bank, Libby Food Pantry,
North Valley Food Bank, Northwest Montana Veterans Stand Down and
Food Pantry, Tobacco Valley Food Pantry and Westshore Community
Assistance Program.
Plum Creek employees pitched in by
collecting food and personal items for the food banks.
“These are tough times for many of our
neighbors. Some families are still struggling to make ends meet,”
said Tom Ray, vice president of Northwest Resources and
Manufacturing for Plum Creek. “The food banks are serving a
critical need in our community and deserve our support. We hope our
donation this week means that some families will have a better
holiday.”