Barb and Arnold Zeits worked for two days at the Northport Food Pantry preparing 168 bags that were distributed Monday.

ARNOLD ZEITS fills a holiday bag
with food items at the Northport Food
Pantry Monday.

Eighty-four were the “regular” bags, distributed each Monday of the month. The other half were holiday bags that included oatmeal, biscuit mix, cake mix, frosting, pudding, juice, canned yams, a 6-pound Sara Lee ham, sweet potatoes, potatoes and cranberry sauce.

In addition, homemade rolls and candy are also going in the bags. They were donated, along with the yams, by Donna Brown of the Treasure Chest. Seventy-five pounds of fresh sweet potatoes and 200 pounds of regular spuds were donated by Tom Korson of Gills Pier.

The pantry, located at St. Gertrude’s Church in Northport, will be closed both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. However, the Zeits’ and Auggie the “greeter dog,” who welcomes pantry recipients at the door, will have special hours on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m.