On Monday, January 19, 2009 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 20 volunteers answered President Barack Obama's nationwide call to community service.  Volunteers came from as far away as Easton and Basking Ridge to help move the Food Pantry at Frenchtown Presbyterian Church on 4th Street in Frenchtown into its expanded quarters.  The Pantry Expansion Project was registered online at www.USAService.org, a website created to help Americans fulfill our responsibility to do what we can for our communities and fellow citizens.  The volunteers signed up online, and received their instructions via e-mail.

 

The Food Pantry at Frenchtown Presbyterian has recently doubled its clientele, and the space was too small to accommodate all those who need the Pantry's food.  A local bestselling author provided the funding, and church member Glenn Horvath did the carpentry to transform part of the Parish House into the Pantry Expansion.  Through the generous food donations from local churches, schools, and community groups, Monday's volunteers were able to fully stock the new shelves of the Food Pantry.