Your food donations have made an enormous difference for the customers at the Cambridge Food Pantry. Today, I got this message from Sarah Harrington, Director of the pantry.

“We get delivery from Regional Food Bank on Tuesday, so sometimes, the shelves run out of certain items by this part of the week. The Army Of Good items arrive just at the right time to supplement. Tuna, mustard, peanut butter, and toothbrushes are stocked! Great job, everyone! After yesterday’s delivery, vegetable beef soup is also stocked.”

That was great news for many customers who couldn’t afford these popular items, and the pantry couldn’t get them from grocery stores and other suppliers. The panty will keep the Amazon Cambridge Pantry Wish List up and running; they updated it again today. Thanks to you, they have been seeking canned chunk chicken, ranch dressing, and Parmesan Romano cheese, which are now also stocked. (The Pantry delivery address is Sarah Harrington, Cambridge Food Pantry, 24 East Main Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

If you need it for Amazon, the phone number is 518 683 6691. Look for Sarah Harringstons’ name below yours on the Amazon address list. Click on it, but it still needs to be set.

The new list is short and inexpensive: Cambell’s Chunky Soup, New England Clam Chowder, Ragu Old World Style Traditional Pasta Sauce, Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli, Wish-Bone Chunky Blue Cheese Salad Dressing, Progresso Plain Bread Crumbs, Suave Kids 3-in-one body wash and shampoo, Amazon Basics Dish Soap,  Zep Streak Free Glass Cleaner.

“It’s amazing, one customer told me,” we are seeing foods we have wanted for a long time but haven’t been able to afford. Please thank the good people sending it; we haven’t had mustard for a long time. The kids were so happy to see mustard again…” Vegetable soup is an essential and healthy food for them.

One Army Of Good member is sending the pantry a case of mustard every month.

The photo above is of Sumer Quickenton, who depends on the pantry to feed her and her son and, quite often, other kids in need of support. The dog is Sally, and their love for one another is mighty. People who love dogs this much are always good.

In my experience, this is a generalization, yet something I believe is true. Dogs can keep one’s heart and spirit going when everything else seems to be coming apart.

(Our food donations came in all week. thank you. It is so much better to do good than to argue about what good is.)

Sumer has had a rough road but has a strong spirit and is working to get her life in order. She was a drug addict until three years ago; her life was a living nightmare. She lost her job a few weeks ago and works a second job, which pays much less. She lost her temper when provoked and kicked someone’s door down. She has to pay the damages. She and the families very much appreciate the food pantry; the staff there is charming, she says,  and never makes her feel small.

She can come for good every week.

She needs food support. I’ll be talking with her regularly.

The food you send goes to people like her and many others who might surprise you. A lot of people are hurting for food these days. Thanks for your support. This is a powerful direction for the Army of Good; this is the path to small acts of great kindness. Thanks again; I hope we can keep this going.

All items in this wish list are for items not often available in the pantry. They are very much appreciated. In a week or so, the Pantry is publishing its website for the first time. I’m working with them to help use it well.

The Wish List will be updated constantly. Check it out.