Gorham Food Pantry

A Lesson In Building Community

What I Learned During My Middle School Volunteering…

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. 

~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

My daughter Elisabeth in Middle SchoolMy Elementary School…

Roman Coliseum Photo Credit: Jorge Chang/Flickr

A Tale Of Two Food Pantries

Gorham Food Pantry Circa 2000

Gorham Food Pantry

As Of January 2009

There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Clients…Not What You Would “Expect”

Photo Credits At End Of Presentation

Inch By Inch – Row By RowWe’re Gonna Make This Garden

GROW!

Guess how many pounds of fruits and vegetables from the

Gorham Middle School Garden were donated to the Gorham Food Pantry during the 2009 – 2010

school year

Gorham Food Pantry – Online

www.gorhamfoodpantry.org

Making A Difference

If every person in Gorham bought one (1) item every week, the pantry would never run out of anything.

Photo Credit: Getty Images – blende11

Imagine

Photo Credit: Getty Images – Yasuhide Fumoto

Credits

Photo Credits From Collage:

Getty Images - MoMo ProductionsGetty Images - Gary HoulderGetty Images - Image SourceGetty Images - Jim WhitmerGetty Images - Tanya ConstantineGetty Images - PurestockGetty Images - Buena Vista ImagesGetty Images - CW HanleyGetty Images - Jamie Grill

Photo Credit This Page:

Getty Images – Nick Dolding

Presentation Created By:

Elisa Doucette, Ophelia’s Webb

Presented By:

Frances Thurston Doucette,

Executive Director GFP

Gorham Middle School donated

143 lbs of fruits & vegetables!!