Retired teacher thanks volunteers as Gleaners Pantry moves to Martinsville High
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During public comment, retired teacher Anne Smith thanked long‑time volunteers — led by Sarah Schafer — for operating the district's Gleaners food pantry for more than 13 years and noted the pantry will move from the middle school to the high school next Thursday.
Anne Smith, a retired district teacher, used the public‑comment portion of the meeting to thank dozens of volunteers who staffed and organized the district’s Gleaners food pantry for more than 13 years. Smith described the many behind‑the‑scenes tasks volunteers perform, from ordering and receiving deliveries to sorting items, packing boxes and managing the drive‑through distribution process.
She credited Sarah Schafer as the lead volunteer who has organized the pantry and named other longtime volunteers and National Honor Society students who helped operate the middle‑school pantry. Smith said hygiene items and donated goods are coordinated by volunteers and that leftover items are redistributed to other community locations after each pantry event. She also noted that the pantry’s location will change from the middle school to the high school the following Thursday and offered continued volunteer assistance.
Board members thanked Smith for the recognition and for reminding the board of the scale of volunteer effort required to run the pantry.
