On Saturday, July 22, the St. John family hosted a car show around Paulding’s village square to honor the late Scott St. John. Proceeds from a 50/50 raffle, free-will offerings, and a portion of food and drink sales totaled $3,862 and were donated to the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry building fund, Scott’s pet charity. With this, the pantry has now raised nearly 95% of its building fund goal of $560,000.
More than 110 cars were on display for many to enjoy. Music was provided by My 102.7, Fat Pig Smokehouse of Hicksville sold BBQ and sides, while Caring & Sharing Food Pantry volunteers scooped homemade ice cream donated by Emerald Dairy. In addition, Fuel Good Energy ran a week- long fundraiser and donated $1 for each “Fruit Salad” tea purchased.
“We had more cars and more people than last year, and we’re already planning for 2024,” said Shelia St. John, Scott’s sister-in-law and event coordinator. “We couldn’t pull off this event without our wonderful volunteers and a great group of sponsors.”
Recognition to the following sponsors: Advanced Auto, Stykemain’s, Paulding Auto and Hardware, Paulding Ace Hardware, Dairy Queen, Chiefs, Paulding Pancake House, Red Angel Pizza, Past-Time Café, Jersey’s in Defiance, Boggs On- line Auction, Baker Shindler, Integrity Ford, Jim Boes of Subway, Mary Nieto, K&M Tire, Paulding VFW, Con and Ann Shuherk, Bryan Auto Value, St. John Tire, Carmen St. John and family, John and Anna Belote, Fiesta Habaneros, Dan and Lauri Wilhelm, Dr. Paul Harr and Staff, Chad Pease (NWO Beverage), Randy and Janet Goyings, Christ Maller (MatCo Tools), Steve and Melinda St. John (St. John Tire in Bryan), and Next Phase Graphics in Ft. Wayne.
The Caring & Sharing Food Pantry serves the people of Paulding County Ohio experiencing food insecurity and is committed to making food available to our neighbors through the gifts of the community and the support of the West Ohio Food Bank and Feeding America. The new food pantry will be located at 318 N. Walnut Street in Paulding and will be completed sometime in 2024.
Additional donations can be sent to the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry Building Fund in care of the Paulding County Area Foundation at 101 E. Perry Street, Paulding, Ohio 45879.
For more information about the pantry, volunteering opportunities and an update on fundraising, follow the Car- ing & Sharing Food Pantry on Facebook. To contact the pantry, call (419) 399-9562 or email info@caring-and-sharing.org.
