Back in April (which seems like a very long time ago, now!), a new initiative was launched in our Pantry Program. The Pantry Program was born six years ago, soon after I started at Holy Apostles (which seems like a long time ago, too!). In its early days, we called it the Backpack Pantry Program. It served about 50 families with children at the public school across the street from the church who struggled with food access on the weekends. Every Thursday, each family in the program would get a backpack filled with enough food to make meals for a family of four on Saturday and Sunday….
