County upgrades ramp at food pantry

The Pierce County Food Pantry now has a brand new concrete ramp.

Leading to a nondescript side door adjoining the Pierce County Senior Center, much needed supplemental nutrition will move up and down the new ramp. Last Wednesday, the pantry served 65 total households and the new ramp plus tents, fans, seating and bottles of water distributed to those waiting helped to smooth out the process of getting food to homes that are in need.

Food pantry Director Brenda Sutton said the concrete ramp didn’t come a moment too soon. After weeks of meetings, phone calls and waiting on quotes from contractors, the actual work to install the long awaited upgrade happened surprisingly quickly. The county commission installed the new ramp.