By Nicki Lock
This year the Bedford Community School is introducing a food pantry to their Better Together Program. The food pantry is open on professional development early out days, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. and by appointment as needed and is open to all families who have a student enrolled in the district.
Last year Principal Dana Nally and Elementary Guidance Counselor Tabor Strong met and discussed goals for the program. “One thing we kind of realized is that our kids and our families at Bedford don’t have access to a lot of free food,” said Tabor. They started looking into some grants and what other schools were doing. Dana visited Hopkins to see how theirs worked. Tabor and
Dana have received some grants to start the program as well as donations from the community. They received a grant from Poet to help get started. They also get food from the Food Bank of Iowa. The Food Bank of Iowa delivers food twice a month. There is a refrigerator in Tabor’s room so they can offer cold food items as well as shelf items. They will be getting a standup freezer soon so they will be able to offer frozen meats.
Tabor
