100-Plus Men donates to emergency food pantry

The Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry accepts an award of $11,500 from 100-Plus Men Who Care of Putnam County recently. Present for a check presentation are (from left) are pantry representatives John Jackman, Barb Rice, Jean Baker, Anita McEnulty, Don Mundy and Sam Cooper and 100-Plus Men’s Ken Eitel and Todd Lewis.

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100-Plus Men Who Care of Putnam County had its fourth meeting of 2023 on Nov. 15. This quarter’s winner of a check for $11,500 was the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry.

Through the first 10 months of 2023, there were 2,068 household visits to the pantry, and it distributed more than 62,000 meals to Putnam County residents.

“As the cost of food continues to rise, our community is blessed to have an asset like the Emergency Food Pantry to help those in need,” the organization stated.

Since its January 2015 debut, 100-Plus Men has awarded $428,000 to 27 different Putnam County charities and nonprofit organizations. In addition to the quarterly grants, the organization also has created a Community Grants Endowment at the Putnam County Community Foundation that will provide over $5,000 a year for it to utilize in its community grant-making process, and this endowment has already provided over $15,000 since its inception.

100-Plus Men of Putnam County was created based on two principles: There were men who wanted to give back to the community but lacked the time to do fundraising or serve on boards, and the process needed to be fun and easy.

Interested men can visit the website www.100plusmen.com for general information on the organization.