“The road to daily happiness is not hard to find, it’s what we do for others that brings us peace of mind.”

— Anonymous

Those who use the Saco Food Pantry also find peace, for into their outstretched hands asking for help is placed a helping hand, willing to answer that plea. They are the hands of people and companies such as: Leeward Landing Thrift Store, Ann Marie Kenney, Mary Antonowicz, Charles and Suzanne Hall, Shirley Jones, Michael and Diane Zaitlin, Michael and Catherine Knowles, Valerie and Paul Kendrick, Joseph and Doris Buonomo, Ron and Rachael Bouldoc, Al and Bernadette Coulombe, Dorothy Jarry, Marcelle and Clair Metayer, Noah Letellier, Rita Shaw, Ron and Patti Harwood, Anne King, Lorraine Jones, Valerie Scanlon, Sylvia Searle, Stan and Mary Tucker, Joy Elsner, Germaine Dumas, Richard and Veronica Sheehan, Rick and Jane Campbell, Taylor Lux, Ann Cox, Earl List, Doris Leblanc, Hannaford Saco, Shaw’s Saco, Trinity Episcopal Church, First Parish and North Saco Congregational, Cornerstone Methodist Church, Bible and United Baptist churches, Most Holy Trinity, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Catholic Financial Life, L’Association Co-operative du Conseil, James Audiffred, Esq., Alice Finnegan, Saco Book Discussion Group, Kiwanis Club of Saco River Valley, University of New England, Brooklyn Bakery, Sure Winner Foods, Shaw’s Saco, Saco Hannaford, LePage Bakery, Fernleaf Bakery, and our anonymous donors.

Before closing the books on another month, and on a personal note, I thank Colleen Sargent, Sue Sajeki and Anne Wilkinson for all they did for my wife and me. We pause also and wish volunteer Marsha Reynolds a happy birthday and with bowed heads honor the memory of Pauline Zimnicki.

To all here mentioned, for your commitment to those in need and on behalf of the volunteers and all we serve, I can only say thank you. May the peace you have given to those less fortunate be upon you and your families tenfold.

Bob Nichols, Saco