Sundays are an excellent time to give something that improves the lives of others. It feels good. Sarah Harrington, director of the Cambridge Food Pantry, reports that the pantry urgently needs two things: corned beef hash and Diapers Sizes 4 and 5:

Corn Beef Hash, Size 5 Diapers, and Size 4 Diapers. All of these items are on the Amazon Cambridge Pantry Wish List.

The Size 5 diapers are 8.98 for a pack of 20, the Size 4 Diapers are 22 packs for $8.98, and the Corned Beef Hash is $18.88 for an 8-can pack.

Sarah says that just this week, the Cambridge Pantry served 144 families during a pantry service, comprising 417 people plus another 173 backpack children. Up until now, the average number of families has been 120.

“This,” she said, “is our new normal. Our average used to be 120 families.  It’s a big uptick. It’s crazy.”

While we may not be able to provide everything these families need, your donation can help fill in some of the gaps and make a significant difference, especially when the pantry runs out of something and can’t restock.

Your contribution can be a lifeline. Remember, even a small donation can have a big impact on many lives. Please consider helping if you can, without straining your own situation.

. The Corn Beef Hash is for families; the diapers are for the babies.

Whatever help we can offer will make a difference as the food deprivation problem worsens nationwide while subsidies from the state and federal governments are cut. Only Congress can address this problem on a national basis; we can certainly make a huge difference for this pantry, a lesson I gather is being studied all over the country.

A lot of pantries are watching what we are doing.