After a Fire, Neighbors Replenish the Stanlake Pantry
A community rallies for a family who lost their home and their entire supply of canned goods.
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A pleasant surprise fruit shower was given Mrs. Earl Stanlake at her home on Friday, November 7th. A delicious lunch was served in the afternoon. Mrs. Stanlake wishes to have her appreciation expressed to the many donors of the fruit. The Stanlakes lost their entire supply of canned fruit in the fire that destroyed their home a few weeks ago.
“Mrs. Stanlake wishes to have her appreciation expressed to the many donors of the fruit.”
In an era before mass-market grocery delivery, the loss of a winter's food supply was a genuine survival crisis. This community-led 'fruit shower' captures the neighbor-to-neighbor social safety net that was essential to homesteading life along the Columbia River.
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