Food Bank working on permanent home

Construction has started on the new permanent home for Manna, a food bank serving Van Zandt County.

Manna supplies food to approximately 350 families a month with 30 of those being first time users of the service. During the past two years the food bank has distributed 270,000 pounds of food.

Manna has been housed in the chapel beside Grace Bible Fellowship on FM 1255 in Canton for the past several years but has been looking for a place to build a permanent home.

Several months ago, GBF Pastor Dan Tarno contacted Manna Board President Dick Patterson stating that his church would like to lease Manna the section of land adjacent to the chapel for 30 years for the sum of $1. The contract was signed with a 30-year renewal option.

After days of rain, construction on the facility recently began.

A 40 X 60 foot metal building is being constructed by Patterson and several volunteers.

Manna has been blessed with donations of money, supplies and labor but more will be needed to finish the project, Patterson said.

The inside will be finished with stained concrete and OSB siding. 

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