Silver Stage Pantry Holiday Schedule
Silver Springs, Nevada - There will be special holiday events and hours for Healthy Communities Coalition's Silver Stage Food Pantry, located at 3595 Ramsey Weeks Cutoff in Silver Springs. Normally, the Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 10am until 4pm. However, the Pantry will close at noon on Friday December 16th, and at noon on Monday, December 19th. The Pantry will also be closed on Tuesday, December 27th from noon to 2:30pm for a delivery. Pantry Manager Kathy McIntosh noted that AmeriCorps members have kindly offered to expand their hours to help with the Pantry during the holidays.
Closed Around New Year’s Holiday: The Pantry will not be open at all December 31st, 2016 through January 2nd, 2017.
Pantry Collects Gifts for Elders and Children Until December 19: The Pantry is welcoming donations of holiday gifts for children, and for elders who are homebound, and will distribute the gifts to those children and elders in need. This year, the number of children and elders has doubled. Gifts for children from infants to 18 years and for elders age 70 and up will be gratefully received through December 19th at the Pantry.
For more information, please call (775) 577-9161.
What Does the Pantry Do? Residents of the Silver Springs area work with Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties in volunteer service to keep the pantry going strong. Volunteers range from the very young to elders, and come from all walks of life, united by the belief that no one should go hungry.
Emergency food boxes are provided during weekday hours (Mon-Fri from 10am-4pm).
Food is packed and delivered each Friday for local students through a school “Backpack Program”, providing dozens of students K-12 with food during the weekends.
There are also several opportunties conveniently located next to the Pantry, including a community garden and hoop house, gardening lessons, a Little Free Library book exchange, an indoor farmers market (Jackrabbit Junction) with an inventory of natural, organic and local foods (WIC, SNAP, cash, etc accepted as payment) The nonprofit Community Chest, Inc also offers employment assistance onsite at the Pantry with a staff person who can help clients locate job openings, and connect with job training opportunities.
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