Readers raise $1,500 for food bank

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers SURE TO GO FAR—Client resources coordinator Patricia Calderon, left, and Catholic Charities regional coordinator Pat Esseff accept a check for $1,542 from Moorpark Acorn editor Kyle Jorrey on behalf of the Moorpark Food Pantry. The money was raised by donations from readers during the paper’s recent voluntary subscription drive. Forty percent of each $25 subscription, $10, went towards the pantry, which serves the community’s most needy families.