A BIG shout out of THANKS! to our community and Sprouts Greenhouse for the generous donations during our recent Fundraisers. The 2 special days with 10% of each sale, Sprouts Bucks AND a garage sale brought in over $3,000!
Thanks Again to everyone who participated!!
The Lander Care & Share Food Bank presents “Drive up, Drop off” curbside food drive Tuesday, July 14, 4-7 p.m. at 281 Garfield St.
Since late March, the Lander Food Bank has seen a monthly increase from approximately 1,500 to 1,800 Fremont County residents who need food assistance. If you’d like to help our community by donating this is your chance! Your monetary donation will be matched through the Challenge for Charities until September 15. We are also in need of unexpired canned or boxed food items like cereal, jelly, pasta, crackers, or tuna and welcome you to donate these items anytime we are open.
Thank you in advance from the Lander Care & Share Food Bank board, volunteers and clients.
We are all “Neighbors helping Neighbors” serving Fremont County for over 30 years.
Are you or do you know of a homebound person needing food or someone who should remain home during this time? The Lander Care & Share Food Bank is open regular hours: Tues.- Thurs.10:30am-12:30pm and 5-6 p.m. Thurs. However, if you live in the local Lander area and need emergency food delivered, please call or text Mike Lewis 307-349-6044, or d_tumbleweed@hotmail.com
To help prevent the spread of coronavirus, The Lander Care & Share Food Bank will implement a drive-up food service for clients starting Tuesday 10:30 a.m. at 281 Garfield St. Please be patient with the new system. Remain in your vehicles and follow instructions from the volunteers on the street. Thank you for your cooperation in these challenging time. As of today, we will be open regular hours: Tues.-Thurs. 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and Thurs. eve 5-6 p.m. Please check our Facebook page and our news page for further information and possible changes in operational hours.
Together, we are “Neighbors helping Neighbors”.
Join us again for the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, Saturday, Jan. 18, 5-7 p.m. 2020 at the Senior Center, 205 S. 10th St. Tickets are $35 per person ($40 at the door), and can be purchased at the Lander Care and Share Food Bank, 281 Garfield, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and 5-6 p.m. Thursday. For more information call 307-349-5509.
Thank you all for a wonderful and successful Empty Bowls fundraiser!
Thank you to Dick LeFevre and friends for the fantastic music.
Thank you to the POWR group Deb Britt, Shawna Pickinpaugh, Carolyn Orr, Donna Yost, Majelle Lee, Pam Spencer-Hockett, Cristin Zimmer, Joy Jones, and Jenny Reeves-Johnson for all the beautiful bowls.
Thank you to our local restaurants and grocery stores for a delicious meal: Breadboard, China Garden, Cowfish, Gannett Grill, Lander Bake Shop, LVHS Creative Foods Students, Kai’s Espresso & Gifts, Middle Fork, Mr. D’s, Safeway, Summit Restaurant, Tony’s Pizza, Wyoming Catholic College.
Thank you, thank you!
Come join us for our annual “Empty Bowls” fund raiser! Enjoy a delicious meal of soup provided by restaurants and grocers from all over Lander, and keep your hand-crafted bowl when you leave.
Saturday, January 19, 5-7 p.m. at the Lander Senior Center (205 S. 10th St.).
Our annual “Empty Bowls Soup ‘n More” took place this year on January 13. The event was sold out, and everyone who bought a ticket went home with a unique bowl crafted by the Potters of the Wind River.
Soups and other foods were donated by local restaurants, including cheesy tomato soup, egg drop soup, green chili, chicken moodle soup, potato-corn chowder, tomato bisque, and much more.
Various local performers offered live music. Best of all, patrons enjoyed discovering the community of Food Bank supporters, the kind of people who extend a helping hand to their neighbors.
In 2017, the Food Bank saw a 58% increase in need over the prior year. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving we served food boxes to 97 families in 2 hours—an all-time record. Despite the increase, our budget and monetary donations remain relatively constant.
Please consider helping!
Join us this Saturday at the Senior Center for our “Empty Bowls” fundraiser!
We will have soups and other foods from the Breadboard, China Garden, the Cowfish, the Gannet Grill, Gourmet Catering, Kai’s Espresso and Gifts, the Lander Bake Shop, LVHS Creative Foods, the Middle Fork, Mr. D’s, Safeway, Tony’s Pizza, What’s for Dinner?, The Summit Restaurant, and Wyoming Catholic College.
Soups will be served in one-of-a-kind, handmade bowls from the Potters of the Wind Rivers. Some examples of the bowls are on display at the Lander Library—check them out!Tickets are $35 ahead of time or $40 at the door. If you just want to support a great cause, enjoy great company, and listen to the live music, you can purchase a soup cup for $15.
Here are some soup bowls by Majelle Lee and Cristin Zimmer:
Mr. D’s grocery store is offering Lander shoppers an opportunity to vote on how they would like a large quantity of beans to be delivered:
All the choices are great causes to support! It’s easy to miss the buckets as you leave the store, though, so watch for the sign just to the right as you go out:
