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.