Christine Basler is a retired Spanish teacher (Westbrook High School) and has volunteered for MCS in more than one role. She has served on our Board of Directors and also dedicates some of her free time to staffing our food pantry. She's married to George Basler, another one of our directors. They live in Madison and spend part of their year enjoying the Florida sunshine.
Madison Beach Hotel recently made a $250 donation to the Madison Food Pantry. The money was raised when they gave a portion of the ticket sales from the Scott Kirby concert to the pantry. In addition, they collected 280 pounds of food before the show. Thank you Madison Beach Hotel and happy one year anniversary. […]
Continue readingThe Junior and Senior Youth Group at the North Madison Congregational Church raised over 400 pounds of food by having a scavenger hunt. They put flyers around the neighborhoods of Bartlett and Winterhill Road asking for donations. Then they went and picked up the bags. The foods were each given a point value and the […]
Continue readingJessica and Jillian from Our Lady of Mercy, presented a check to the Madison Food Pantry in the amount of $250. These young ladies decided to raffle off a basket filled with goodies with the proceeds going to the pantry. Thank you girls and OLM!
Continue readingIsland Avenue School held a food drive to benefit the Madison Food Pantry just in time for Easter and Passover. The kids worked hard not just gathering the food but loading up the van for transport. They raised 322 pounds of food. What a great job! Many thanks go out to all who were involved. […]
Continue readingThe Leos Club of the Polson School collected 240 pounds of food in their recent drive to benefit the Madison Food Pantry. The Leos Club is an extension of the Madison Lions Club and has been in existence at Polson since 2004. Lou Tresselt and Barry Miller, president-elect of the Madison Lions for 2013-2014, are […]
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George Basler, Manager of the Madison Lions Foundation Baldwin Fund, Presents Check to MCS Food Pantry Director Mitch Cohen The Madison Lions Club, through the auspices of the Madison Lions Foundation Baldwin Fund, has generously sponsored the MCS Food Basket Program for 19 years. The Balwin Fund was established when Pauline Baldwin bequeathed her modest estate to the Madison […]
Continue readingRichard Borner of the Madison Lions Club Presents a Check to Help Support Madison Community Services, Inc. The Madison Lions Club has been a long-time supporter of Madison Community Services, committing annually to raise funds for the 83 year old non-profit and is one of it’s largest monetary contributors. Seen here, Richard Borner, Treasurer of […]
Continue readingMany thanks to St. Margaret’s Church, Madison which held its Easter food drive benefiting the Madison Community Services Food Pantry. They raised over 1000 pounds of food. Pictured are the children from the parish who helped make sure the food was not out-of-date and sorted all the food. Many thanks go to Beth and Brendan Coyne for […]
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