Day Four of the week-long campaign is to get healthy breakfast food to the 188 children and 66 families who depend on the pantry for nourishing food: Life Breakfast Cereal, Cinnamon, 13 oz boxes, 3 Pack: $8.19.
This campaign has one more day to go, and thanks for your generous support. I took some photographs yesterday so donors can see what happens when the food arrives. Lots of work for the volunteers.
So far, we’ve purchased Welch’s fruit snacks, instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon Life, and Chicken Noodle soup. After today, the remaining item on the Wish List for this week is Maruchen Chicken Ramen. You can see the Amazon Food Pantry Wish List, updated daily, here.
This will profoundly impact these families’ lives this week, giving the children and their families healthy breakfasts through the weekend.
Yesterday, I went to the pantry to see the volunteers unloading the truck from the allotment from the Regional Food Bank Of Northeast New York.
The volunteers work quietly and steadily almost every day of the week to get, unload, sort, stack, and place the food from the pantry, supermarkets, and local farmers. Tomorrow, Thursday, Maria, I, and a dozen other volunteers will go to the pantry to stuff food backpacks (plastic bags) for the 66 families and their 188 children.
Maria and I volunteered to work that morning. She also wanted to help unload the food boxes when they came in. Thanks for your donations to fill them with healthy foods and supplies for lunch, breakfast, the weekend, and beyond.
It’s difficult and continuous work. Your food donations are making a huge difference.
I’m touched by the hard work and dedication of the volunteers; this world is a lot more complicated than I knew or realized. Because of these people, hundreds of others with financial troubles and their children can eat good food. It’s a wonderful cause, and I’m glad I was asked to help. The Army of Good, as always, is coming through.
Above, the cold storage room and milk and other perishable goods go.
Thanks again for your help. The families and children thank you also. Again, today’s children’s food request is Maruchen Chicken Ramen; you can see it and purchase it here.