SHEFFIELD — The spirit of Christmas giving is needed at the Western Bureau County Food Pantry in Sheffield.

The Sheffield-based food pantry is serving twice as many people as it did when it opened its doors in January 2009, according to manager Mary Lanham. In those first months, the food pantry served about 40 families a month. Today, the food pantry is averaging 80 families a month with a total of 88 families receiving Thanksgiving baskets this year.

Though the food pantry did provide Thanksgiving baskets this year, there just aren’t enough funds available to do Christmas baskets as well, Lanham said.