Allerton, IA

This winter a family of 4 woke up early in the morning to the smell of smoke in the house. They were forced to leave their home and go out into the cold because their house had caught on fire. After watching their home be destoryed by the fire and water from the fire department, 2 members of the Horizon group who are part of the Allerton First Responders and 1 pantry committee member-who came out into the cold at 3:00 in the morning took the parents to the pantry “closet” and provided them with clothing for the 2 of them and for the children also. This family was very thankful for the community donating these items for hard times like his. Within the next month the family returned to the pantry member and returned the clothing that they had borrowed and also donated more clothing items that were given to them by other community members.

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