A Servants Heart Pantry representatives include, from left, Terrie Hohol treasurer/secretary; Carole Waitrovich owner/founder/treasurer; and Bonnie Roerdink, volunteer. The pantry provided backpacks this year to students in need at the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School.

PEMBINE, Wis. — A Servants Heart Pantry in Pembine has put together backpacks for local students.

During the summer, the pantry purchased and collected school supplies and backpacks to give to students in need at Beecher-Pembine-Dunbar School.

“We are planning to choose a different local school each year to provide backpacks to,” said Carole Waitrovich, pantry founder.

A Servants Heart Pantry is open the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 8 a.m. to noon by appointment only.

“At this time we are supported by fundraising and Dickinson County, Beecher, Dunbar and Pembine, Wis., businesses and the community,” Waitrovich said. “Our plan and goal is to expand our services to include Goodman, Armstrong Creek, Aurora and Niagara, Wis. In order for our plan and goal to be fulfilled we need to reach out to the local businesses and the communities for financial support so we can service all these areas.”

Local businesses are invited to invest in their communities. “We are asking if you would be interested in funding the pantry with monetary donations. Other ways to donate is by providing the items on our critical needs list,” Waitrovich said.

That list includes shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, paper toweling, tissues, 13-gallon garbage bags, laundry soap, dryer sheets, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dish soap, spaghetti sauce, pasta, peanut butter, jam or jelly, cereal, oatmeal, boxed and bag meals, canned fruit, cookies, pretzels and potato chips.

Donations may be mailed to: A Servants Heart Pantry, W8024 Cemetery Rd, Pembine, WI 54156 or you can make a donation deposit at any Forward Financial Credit Union in Iron Mountain, Niagara or Pembine account “A Servants Heart Pantry.”

If you would like to make an appointment for assistance you may call 906-282-4921.