NEW BERLIN – On Monday, October 9, cars lined the drive behind St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church as volunteers from Preferred Mutual Insurance Company carried in boxes of non-perishable food under the direction of Jamie Gaudreau-Moore and Brian Burchill. Gaudreau-Moore explained that October 2 – 6 was National Customer Service Week. During that week, the theme was ‘Building Trust’ and they decided to build at the Food Pantry. They feel it is important to give back locally. This is not the first time they have run a food drive for the local pantry which serves New Berlin and the surrounding community.

The Unadilla Valley Food Pantry, located at St. Andrew’s Church, is a community-sponsored organization of St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Matthew’s and St. Andrew’s. It is run as a supplemental food source, the clients being encouraged to have Food Stamps or other sources of food as fresh food, produce, frozen food and baked goods are not part of the distribution.