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April was a busy month for the pantry:

Co-leaders Kelli Joseph and David Magnuson attended the annual Food Bank seminar and were able to hear how others are working together to feed our neighbors.

Boy Scout food donation - several troops collected food for the pantry and donated after the April 5 pantry.  It was a busy morning with deliveries and volunteers sorting and stocking food. We are grateful for all the food that was collected and donated!

Volunteers:  Thank you to all of our volunteers! You are amazing, we couldn't do this without your help and support. We also welcomed some new volunteers this month!

If you would like to volunteer to help with the May pantries, please click here to sign-up. This will aid us in knowing who is coming to volunteer and to ensure we have opportunities for all.

April Numbers: we served 138 families, equaling 623 individuals. We continue to see our numbers rise.

Food Pantry Shoppers: We continue to have great responses from our Food Pantry Shoppers donating some of every food item we put in bags - cereal, bar soap, and canned vegetables being the most donated.  Thanks to Peg's Pantry Shopper emails! 

If you would like to be a Pantry Shopper and receive the weekly deals, email schneider7@cox.net and use Pantry Shopper as the subject.  You'll receive an email or two a week with grocery sales and deals that will help stock our pantry.

Current Needs: Our greatest needs this month are – bath soap, toilet paper, cereal, fruit, crackers and ramen. Friendly Reminder- to help with our inventory control please only put your donations in the blue bin in the coat closet hallway at church.

Daytime Hour Volunteers: We continue to look for volunteers willing to help during daytime hours. This includes counting food, accepting Food Bank deliveries, and pre-pantry prep work. Please reach out to Kelli Joseph at ksjose123@cox.net,  Pat Kern at patkern@cox.net or David Magnuson at davemagnsuon@cox.net if you are available to help during weekdays.

May Pantry Dates:

  • Friday, May 2, 6:00 to 7:30 pm: Pantry Prep
  • Saturday, May 3,, 8:00-9:30 am: Drive Up Pantry
  • Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 to 7:30 pm: Pantry Prep
  • Thursday, May 16, 5:00-6:30 pm: Drive Up Pantry 

Thank you for your continued support of this critical ministry!

Holy Cross Pantry Team

 

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