Tabitha’s Way Local Food Pantry, which serves the 10 cities of North Utah County, has been serving our area for four years. Normally, Tabitha’s Way serves about 3500 people a month (about half of whom are children and most of which are not members or are less active members of the Church).
With increasing unemployment and the inability to work due to the COVID-19, the need/demand has increased.

Over the past few years, many of you have donated food and other items to Tabitha’s Way, individually, or as part of the Scouting For Food Drive or the Postal Workers Food Drive. Both of these food drives were canceled this year with the consequence that the pantry did not or will not receive about 140,000 lbs. of food and supplies it normally receives.

In the spirit of “home-centered church-supported” and following health and social distancing directives, we are inviting those who can, to make food donations or financial contributions. We are NOT recommending that any food drive occur, or that any “collections” be done by groups or individuals. This is strictly a food drop-off into bins behind Tabitha’s way by individuals within a single household.

For Food Donations, Tabitha’s Way recommends the following:

1. Gather your food donation. Currently, Tabitha’s Way needs almost everything that would be donated during a normal food drive with the exception of green beans, tomato soup, mac and cheese, and ramen noodles. Canned fruit is especially needed.
2. Deliver your donation to the designated donation site at the back of Tabitha’s Way at 920 E State Rd. in American Fork, Utah. Donations can be made via drive-thru and safely placing foods in a large wire basket that is unattended. Please sort your donation into the wire baskets, separating the hard (cans) and the soft (paper, plastic, etc.) and the glass. These baskets will be quarantined for 3 days to minimize virus transmission.

Highland 28th Ward:

• Tabitha’s Way is a charitable 501(c)3 organization,
• Location: 920 E State Rd. in American Fork, Utah.
• Date: Week of June 8 – 12, 2020 – Monday – Friday
• Time: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Thank you ward members for considering a donation,

Bishop Anderson