Homer Alaska - Letters

The Homer Community Food Pantry supports the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank's efforts to raise funds for the planned expansion of the walk-in freezer in Soldotna so the food bank can better serve the southern Kenai Peninsula communities. HCFP purchases a portion of its food from the food bank for a shipping and handling fee. This allows us to save some money and distribute considerably more food to more people, which is important in this economy. This also benefits the Homer community and its 1,600 unduplicated clients.

The KPFB acquires food, when available, from the Food Bank of Alaska for a shipping and handling fee as well as from the Kenai and Soldotna community donations and grants. FBA is not able to access the Feeding America foods due to transportation costs and a lack of donations to Feeding America by manufacturers. Their supply of food to Kenai and then to us is minimal due to this fact.

We have had a good working relationship with KPFB for 19 years. If you wish to support their efforts, it would be a help if you were to donate to the expansion program. Just know that if you donate to them, we do not see that money in any form.

Diana Jeska and the

Homer Community Food Pantry Board