New Walworth County food pantry could feed hundreds
To get help
The Walworth County Family Resource Center is open from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
People who would like to receive food will be required to fill out paperwork to confirm they are eligible to receive assistance when they come to the food pantry.
For more information, call (262) 348-0600.
To volunteer
The Walworth County Family Resource Center is seeking volunteers to staff the food pantry Wednesdays and Saturdays.
For more information, call (262) 348-0600.
To donate
To donate to the Walworth County Family Resource Center, send a check to Time is Now, P.O. Box 70, Pell Lake, WI 53157.
Donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries and paper products can be dropped off at the food pantry at the intersection of county H and NN, just outside the city of Lake Geneva.
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Sal Dimiceli has opened the Walworth County Family Resource Center just outside of Lake Geneva. The pantry at the center is stocked with the usual items, but also includes foods not usually found at similar facilities.
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The new Walworth County Resource Center and Food Pantry.
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Sal Dimiceli is pleased to have skid loads of many items which he says can serve many more people.
GENEVA TOWNSHIP — Sal Dimiceli has seen it firsthand: Hundreds of people in Walworth County are struggling to keep food on the table, and the local food pantries just can't keep up.
He plans to change that.
Dimiceli, the founder of Time is Now to Help, a nonprofit organization that provides poverty-stricken people with basic necessities, has opened the Walworth County Family Resource Center at the intersection of county H and NN, just outside the city of Lake Geneva.
Eleven food pantries throughout the county serve dozens of people each month on limited supplies of food, Dimiceli said.
The needs continue to grow, and another food pantry—one capable of providing food for hundreds of people each month—will help ease the burden, he said.
"We alone cannot support every single person who needs food, but we can help take some of the pain of hunger away," Dimiceli said.
The Walworth County Family Resource Center is not an ordinary food pantry.
The shelves are lined with the familiar boxes of cereal, cans of soup and jars of peanut butter. But the pantry shelves also are stocked with chicken, hamburgers and brats; shampoo, deodorant and bandages; and toilet paper, diapers and pet food.
Dimiceli said his dream became a reality in a hurry.
A local man donated the building. A local builders group donated the labor to renovate the building. A local couple donated the refrigerators and freezers.
Donated funds covered the cost of stocking the shelves.
Dimiceli said the community support behind Time is Now helped get the food pantry off the ground.
"When this needed to get done, we had an army of God-loving people who wanted to help," he said.
Dimiceli said people are willing to jump in when they realize their friends, neighbors and co-workers are in trouble.
"They're so willing to rally around the community," he said.
May 4, 2009 at 8:54 p.m.
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This is what we need! People like this that are willing to jump in and help out. Keep it up Sal!
May 4, 2009 at 7:28 p.m.
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I am very familiar with the good works of this man and have contributed to his cause. He really has a big heart and is making a difference.
Sal, good for you.
May 4, 2009 at 4:32 p.m.
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This is just simply wonderful!!! Thank you for all you are doing!
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