Watonwan County Food Shelf completes transformation at old Mayberry Lanes
St. James Plaindealer
On Friday afternoon, local volunteers helped put the final touches on the Watonwan County Food Shelf's move into the former Mayberry Lanes, crafting and stocking shelves, completing a seven-month-long process of finding a new home for the food shelf.
"My heart is so happy right now I could cry," said Watonwan County Food Shelf Director Katherine Petty. "This is amazing. The crew that we have here is amazing. We didn't know what to expect for a turnout, and it just makes my heart so happy."
In September 2020, Petty, Beth Labenz, Watonwan County SNAP Educator, and a food shelf board member wrote up a grant for a new home for the food shelf. In October, the food shelf received news that their grant proposal had been accepted. A few months later in December, the food shelf purchased Mayberry Lanes, and began demolition and construction in February.