Sylvia's Pantry House

Sylvia's Pantry House- How Did We Get Here

When I was a little girl growing up in Deridder, Louisiana in the 1960’s, I remember my mother always feeding the young men that were homeless. They would come around to the back of the house, by the kitchen, and knock on the door and say, “Mrs. Sylvia do you have anything that you can give me to eat?” I would always wonder how she found them somethin

g since we didn’t have a lot of money. But she always did. It reminds me of that scripture, “Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee” She was just giving them what she had. I have always remembered my mom’s example. My husband and I have tried to live our lives giving what we have to the least and the lost. We have over the years committed to helping others and we know that God has called us into the ministry of helps. We have, throughout our marriage, helped others within our community and within our church family. We are committed to helping others rise as the scripture above goes on to say. Our desire is to lessen the hunger within our community, especially with children. We decided to do what we knew we were called to do and open an outreach, but we needed a name. We not only wanted to do what we were compelled to do by God , but we also wanted to honor the example of my mother, thereby comes the name Sylvia’s Pantry House!” We have opened up this outreach to help our community rise out of hunger, lessening their suffering by showing them such as we have, we will give.