Moses Lake Food Bank Operations Manager Peny Archer outside the current food bank not long before it opened in 2022. People remembered Archer, who passed away earlier this week, as a resolute advocate for the food bank and its work.
November 3, 2022
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Peny Archer put her heart into feeding the hungry
MOSES LAKE — Peny Archer first encountered the Moses Lake Food Bank more than 20 years ago. It changed her life. Her youngest child was starting school, Peny said in a 2023 interview. “Because of working and having a career, I had missed a lot of school plays, a lot of things my children were involved in because I had to work,” she said. “I wanted to spend some time with our youngest during the summer and so on. When school started again, I thought ‘You know, I’m going to go to the food bank and volunteer for two hours a week.’” That volunteer shift was a revelation, she said.