Letter to the Editor of the Caldwell Journal

LENOIR, NC (December 1, 2016)…This is an open letter of gratitude to our community!

Yokefellow becomes overwhelmed with generosity this time of the year, and in the season of Thankfulness – we thank our entire community!

We congratulate you for your food drive efforts to benefit Yokefellow and the Lenoir Soup Kitchen as part of the national Scouting for Food drive on Saturday, November 19th. The total poundage of the food delivered is 3106 pounds! This is an impressive amount food collected through this effort, and it couldn’t be collected at a better time!

If you participated in our 1st Annual Empty Bowls on Saturday, October 22nd you were part of the most enjoyable, happy community meal of soup, bread, sweet tea, and locally made sweets. Then as you left, you were gifted a beautiful piece of pottery! Save the date for our 2nd Annual Empty Bowls, Saturday October 28, 2017.

Food and cash donations are so critical right now as the Yokefellow lobby continues to stay full every day usually with standing room only. Our neighbors in Lenoir continue to juggle financial needs. Households struggle to meet monthly utility bills, rent, prescriptions and food that they are not able to provide for their households. The waiting list at LEOS is beginning to lengthen as we approach the most serious cold weather of the year.

Your generous gifts added to our food pantry and budget allow Yokefellow to continue disbursing nutritional foods and emergency assistance. Thank you for thinking of your neighbors in need.

Merry Christmas and Caldwell County Yokefellow prays for God’s blessings for you and your family.

Kindest regards,

Sharon H. Osborne
Executive Director
sharonosborne@yokefellowofcaldwellco.org