Sathers donate beef to Food Shelf
Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:40am
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This is the third time that the Sather family of Leonard has donated an animal to the Clearwater County Food Shelf in Bagley.
Last Wednesday, April 15, the Sather Family Farm donated 616 hanging weight pounds of beef to the food shelf.
They have been raising beef since 1963 and in response to the COVID-19 giving to the food shelf would be perfect during these times. Also, with the prices going up in the world he and his wife Sandy and son Robbie thought this would be a way to give back to the county.
They donated ten years again and also five years ago before the donation this past week.
The animal was corn and grain fed and Ray who is 82, decided that he was not going to be a millionaire so he might as well give some away.
Not only did they donate the beef animal but Headwaters Meat Processing of Bagley donated the time to cut and wrap the 616 hanging weight animal for the food shelf. Owners Erin and Brandon Simpson were on hand to deliver the meat.
They were unloading at 9:30 and by 10:00 workers at the center were going to start handing out from the food shelf. Present for the snowy day in April to accept the generous donation were Jodi Quade, President, Sharon Braaten Site Manger and Jane Merschman the Treasurer of the Bagley Food Shelf. They had 50 people come to the site last week for the donations.
Sharon Braaten stated that she started working at the Food Shelf in July and she was floored when Sather said he was going to donate the beef. They have two freezers to keep the meat. They are open for distribution from 10 to 2 on Wednesday only. She thought she would never see a donation like that. They get their food from North County Food Bank out of Moorhead.