A man stole donations from a Fairfield church to collect baking supplies for a local pantry. For the past eight years, the Holiday Baking Bag Project has collected non-perishable ingredients for families in need of cookie-making. McKenna Myers came up with this idea. “It’s the holidays, and who doesn’t want to make cookies,” Myers said. Fairfield Food Pantry distributes finished products during the holiday distribution. “Customers love it because we don’t hand out desserts,” said Fairfield Food Pantry Manager Wayne Patton. “The food we hand out includes everything families need to make a holiday meal.” According to Barton, Fairfield Food Pantry is seeing an all-time high number of customers needing food, making this year’s holiday giving even more important. Sites of the Holiday Baking Bag Project around Fairfield, one of which was attacked by the Grinch last week. Myers said. A man is shown walking into the building and swiping away all donations. “I was stunned, to say the least,” Barton said. Myers believes the value of the items taken was more than $150. “We saw him do it twice,” Myers said. “He took everything in the dumpster.” The Fairfield Police Department was notified of the incident. Even with the setback for stolen items, the holiday baking bag project will continue. Miles plans to make more than 200 bags this season. Donations will be collected by December 11th and you can drop in materials at Fairfield Community Arts Center and Badin High School. If you would like to donate to the Fairfield Food Pantry, please click here.
A guy stole some donations from Fairfield Church to collect baking supplies for a local pantry.
For the past eight years, the Holiday Baking Bag Project has collected non-perishable ingredients for families in need of cookie-making. McKenna Myers came up with the idea.
“It’s the holidays, and who doesn’t want to make cookies,” Myers said.
Each bag comes with a baking sheet, spatula, cookie mix, sprinkles, and icing. The finished product is then distributed at Fairfield Food Pantry during the holiday distribution.
“Customers absolutely love it because we don’t serve dessert,” said Wayne Patton, manager of Fairfield Food Pantry. “We hand out everything a family needs to make a holiday meal.”
According to Patton, Fairfield Food Pantry is seeing an all-time high number of customers in need of food, making this year’s holiday giving even more important.
There are locations around Fairfield for the holiday baking bag program, and last week one of them was attacked by the Grinch.
“It’s crazy to think of that from all the places that happened in church,” Myers said.
Security footage of the Sacred Heart Church shows a man walking into the church and swiping away all donations.
“I was stunned, to say the least,” Barton said.
Myers believes the value of the items taken was more than $150.
“We saw him do two loads,” Myers said. “He took everything in the bin.”
The Fairfield Police Department was notified of the incident.
Even with the setback for stolen items, the holiday baking bag project will continue. Myers plans to produce more than 200 bags this season.
Donations will be collected by December 11th and you can drop in supplies at Fairfield Community Arts Center and Badin High School.
If you would like to donate to Fairfield Food Pantry, please click here.
