FAIRHOPE—Have some extra goods in the kitchen cabinet?

You may like to stop by Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, to support Angela Jones’ food drive benefiting Prodisee Pantry.

Through tomorrow, a box is set up in the hall next to the cafeteria at Thomas Hospital for nonperishable donations. This is Jones’ second food drive to benefit the  pantry.

Jones, a 2005 Hurricane Katrina survivor, for three months sought help from the pantry after being displaced from her New Orleans home; the food drive is her way of giving back for help she received.

Jones began work at Thomas Hospital in November 2005 and later spoke with Louis Mapp–unbeknown that he was a board member to the hospital–who would read Scriptures to her and always told her that “God is good.”

One day Mapp asked if she ever watched the movie “Pay it Forward”—about positive change—and she said no.

After watching the movie, Jones said she knew it was her turn to show God that she, too, could do something good, even though she didn’t have much money to offer.

She was scheduled to work at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans the weekend of the hurricane, but never made it back to work. She and 16 others were flooded out of of her sister’s home and took boats to the  New Orleans Superdome. Jones recalled wading through dead humans and animals, and feces, on their way to the Superdome, but that was necessary for the promise of food and water, she said.

But because of fighting in the Superdome, food and water hand-outs were halted. Jones was bused to Texas before coming to Fairhope with nothing but the clothes on her back; her then-husband had family in Baldwin County.

Her mom lives in New Orleans and continues to ask when she is coming home, but Jones said she’s here to stay. “I’m home, I’m here for the long haul,” she said.

Jones lives with her son, Donell Mathieu, 20, and attends Faith Temple Church of God in Christ in Fairhope. Her daughter, Tiana Mathieu, resides in New Orleans and works in law enforcement.

Jones is the organizer of a fashion show set for April 25 where all proceeds will benefit the Prodisee Pantry. The event location is being finalized, she said.

The pantry opened in 2003 as an outreach ministry of Spanish Fort United Methodist Church; it incorporated in 2005 as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Food—or monetary—contributions can be dropped off at Spanish Fort United Methodist Church.

The pantry accepts nonperishable food items, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, diapers and more. Donations are tax deductible and receipts are available for contributions, if needed.

For more information visit www.prodisee pantry.org or call 626-1720.She was scheduled to work at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans the weekend of the hurricane, but never made it back to work. She and 16 others were flooded out of of her sister’s home and took boats to the  New Orleans Superdome. Jones recalled wading through dead humans and animals, and feces, on their way to the Superdome, but that was necessary for the promise of food and water, she said.

But because of fighting in the Superdome, food and water hand-outs were halted. Jones was bused to Texas before coming to Fairhope with nothing but the clothes on her back; her then-husband had family in Baldwin County.

Her mom lives in New Orleans and continues to ask when she is coming home, but Jones said she’s here to stay. “I’m home, I’m here for the long haul,” she said.

Jones lives with her son, Donell Mathieu, 20, and attends Faith Temple Church of God in Christ in Fairhope. Her daughter, Tiana Mathieu, resides in New Orleans and works in law enforcement.

Jones is the organizer of a fashion show set for April 25 where all proceeds will benefit the Prodisee Pantry. The event location is being finalized, she said.

The pantry opened in 2003 as an outreach ministry of Spanish Fort United Methodist Church; it incorporated in 2005 as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Food—or monetary—contributions can be dropped off at Spanish Fort United Methodist Church.

The pantry accepts nonperishable food items, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, diapers and more. Donations are tax deductible and receipts are available for contributions, if needed.

For more information visit www.prodisee pantry.org or call 626-1720.