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Sussex County honors Sparta Community Food Pantry on 40th anniversary
Summary
The Board recognized the Sparta Community Food Pantry’s 40 years of volunteer service, noting the pantry feeds more than 4,000 people monthly and partners with dozens of nonprofits; pantry leaders described 'go bag' and police partnership programs.
The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners presented a proclamation June 25 recognizing the Sparta Community Food Pantry on its 40th anniversary.
The proclamation, read by a board representative, praised the pantry’s volunteer model and its partnerships across Sussex and neighboring counties. The document states the pantry now provides food for more than 4,000 people a month and assists homeless, homebound, disabled, displaced people, students, seniors and veterans. The proclamation was made by order of the Board of County Commissioners and listed Commissioner Director Chris Carney, Deputy Commissioner Joe Space, Commissioner Jack DeGruitt, Commissioner William Hayden, and Commissioner Allen Henderson as the board leadership on the document.
A pantry representative (identified in the agenda as Valerie Macchio) described the pantry’s origin in a closet at the First Presbyterian Church, its current facility at 99 Demarest Road, a volunteer base, partnerships with roughly 40–50 local nonprofits, a program distributing 'go bags' to local police for immediate assistance, and ongoing efforts to locate and serve people living in cars or otherwise unable to access food.
The board thanked the pantry and posed for photographs following the presentation.
