Pleasant Plains food pantry gets a boost in space

PLEASANT PLAINS – Until early January, Helping Hands Food Pantry operated in a postage stamp-sized area of the Pleasant Plains Community Club.At Sunday’s open house, Community Club members showed off its new 800-square-foot facility at 100 West Main Street with rows of stocked shelves, a refrigerator, two deep freezers and a storage unit.The pantry serves about 20 families from Sangamon, Cass and Menard counties, said coordinator Bill Mowder, and is open every other […]