Sarah’s choice for Tuesday’s Food Pantry Request is Pampers Aqua Pure Sensitive Baby Wipes, 99 % Flip=Top Packs (336 Wipes Total), $17.07.
Some goods are a choice, but if you are a mother or father down on their luck, baby wipes are not an option. There has to be some, even if it means foregoing some food. The Cambridge Pantry is trying to keep them in stock, which can be challenging.
Knowing that babies and children will get the food and care they need is a tremendous and unique pleasure. It’s a gift to those who give, at least to me.
This week, I’ve been reading about St. Therese, also known as “The Little Flower.” I’m not a Catholic or a Christian, but I see the pantry work as spiritual, open for anyone with a heart. This is the kind of work she did.
“We have only this life to live by faith,” wrote St. Terese, “it is true I am not always faithful, but I never lose courage.” Every time I get discouraged, I read that line. None of us are always faithful to our best ambitions, but the real heroes never quit or lose courage.
I won’t quit, either.
(Food Pantry Volunteer
I’m learning that the white rose was central to Terese’s missionary work and work for the needy: ” The beautiful white rose should blossom in the soul of each one of us. The fragrance of its snow-white petals should ever be wafted heavenwards.”
I went to the Cambridge Flower Shop this morning and asked Sue if she had any white roses. She sold me three, and I understood what Terese meant as I looked at them. They are pure and beautiful, and they blossom in my soul. They lift me up.
St. Therese died of tuberculosis on September 20, 1897. Her last words were, “My God, I love you.” She was 24. I am reading her autobiography, “Story Of A Soul.” The Army of Good is doing the work for which she became famous. Her writing is food for my soul.
This morning, I bought three packages of baby wipes. I’m impressed by the 336 wipes. I do this for the mothers, fathers, and babies, but I also do it for myself. You can see them and buy them here.
The Cambridge Pantry Wish List includes ten items. All of them are for things not donated or given to them by different sources, in addition to the Regional Food Bank.
These are badly needed and much-wanted items. You can browse the Wish List, which is updated daily, here and choose other items if you wish.
If you send food or supplies from other sources, the correct address is Sarah Harrington, 24 E. Main Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.
The food pantry’s new website is here.
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