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CASEVILLE -- Sharp metal teeth hide a giving heart when it comes to Scrappy. So giving, that he donates his large bowl of food to local food pantries.
Scrappy is Depner's Corn Maze's 22-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex, made of spare parts from farm equipment.
"I have one of those galvanized tubs that's his food dish sitting down in front of him," said Dan Depner, owner of Depner Farms in Caseville. "His name is on his bowl and it says 'Scrappy' and people can come up and put food in his bowl."
All of the non-perishable food people donate goes to local food pantries, while monetary donations go to the Thumb Breadbasket, a bimonthly food pantry, Depner said.
This is the fifth year for Depner's Corn Maze but the first year a food drive has been incorporated. In addition to donating money and food, Depner's plans to auction Scrappy off on e-Bay at the end of the season. Half of the proceeds will be donated to a charity of the buyer's choice, Depner said.
"There's a great need everywhere right now, with the lack of jobs in our area," Depner said. "The line-up for local food distribution, there's just a long line of people every month."
Rhonda Buehler, a committee member with the Thumb Breadbasket, said Depner approached her with the idea to raise money and food for local pantries.
"There's definitely a need to help area food pantries, especially this coming year over the holidays," Buehler said.
The Thumb Breadbasket distributes food to about 250 families every other month. They prefer cash donations so they can buy staple foods like rice and beans while distributing the food equally.
"I try to get 250 bags of rice or beans so that every family that goes through gets kind of the same things (because) when you start getting a hodge-podge of things it makes for hard feelings," she said. "About $15 can provide for about 30 food staples."
Scrappy was designed and built by Robert Lefief, an engineering senior at Central Michigan University and Depner's neighbor.
Lefief built Scrappy -- his first scrap-metal sculpture -- in about 60 hours.
"Dan contacted me and asked me to make a dinosaur," said Lefief. "I started thinking about it and looked through scrap metal on the farm."
Depner said Scrappy's skeletal structure hides the amount of food he is given.
"(Kids) bring food for Scrappy and somebody asked, 'Is the food for Scrappy or for the food bank?'" Depner said. "I told them, 'See how skinny Scrappy looks? He's giving his food away to feed hungry boys and girls because he's got a big heart.'"
Depner's opened on Aug. 7 and will remain open on weekends until Nov. 1. Donations can be brought to Depner's during business hours. It is located at 5945 Griggs, Caseville.
Visit online: Scrappy and Depner's Corn Maze
Monetary donations also can be sent to the Thumb Breadbasket, P.O. Box 648, Pigeon, MI 48755.
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