Jeanne Dalton new Director at Chinook Food Pantry
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Steve Edwards
(L-R) Ameila Funk and Jeanne Dalton share a laugh during an interview about the leadership change at the Chinook Food Pantry. Funk recently left the Pantry after 15 years as the director and Dalton began, as the new director, the first of January. The Food Pantry is totally operated by volunteers.
Jeanne Dalton became the new director of the Chinook Food Pantry at the start of January, 2016. She took over the helm of the local non-profit food distribution operation from longtime director Amelia Funk, who served as the first and only director since 2000. The Food Pantry is staffed entirely by volunteers, including the director.
In 1998 the Chinook Ministerial Association, a group made up of the ministers of several churches in town, saw the need for an outlet to help meet the food needs of Blaine County residents. The Chinook VFW offered use of its building, rent free, if the Pantry w...
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