Article: BIRTHDAY GIFTS A GIFT FOR F-M FOOD PANTRY; MANLIUS YOUNGSTER ASKS FOR FOOD INSTEAD OF PRESENTS FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY.(Neighbors East)

Byline: Staff reports

Matthew Nash of Manlius didn't sit around oohing and aahing at his birthday presents at his June 14 party.

Instead, he looked at the haul he collected to donate to the Fayetteville-Manlius Food Pantry. Matthew asked all of his party guests to bring a non-perishable food item instead of bringing him a gift.

"I didn't know there was a food pantry in Manlius," Matthew said. "I had never seen one here and thought the only one there was in the city."

Matthew's mother, Marla, said her 10-year-old son is "very unmaterialistic for a kid." She said of her three children, her youngest is the one who most likely would do ...

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