It’s a day of great value for the Army Of Good. Pantry Director Sarah Harrington has selected two items that her “customers” want, need, and often can’t find at the Cambridge Food Pantry.
Sarah is innovative and practical. She always considers the costs to other people’s pocketbooks and searches for bargains and the best food at the lowest costs.
Your contributions, no matter how small, have made a significant difference. I don’t have the heart to pass up making so many families very happy for less than $4.
The first is Amazon Brand Happy Belly Grated Parmesan Cheese Shaker, 8 Oz., for $2.96.
The second is Progresso, Italian Style Bread Crumbs, 15 oz. $2.17.
It was with great pride and joy that I learned yesterday that the Army of Goods’s total donation for April was 3,828 pounds of goods and products, a significant increase of 800 pounds from the previous month. Small acts of great kindness can add up to great things. We are becoming a permanent part of the pantry story
This is a testament to your generosity and the impact it’s making. Thank you, thank you.
Sarah said it was “crazy good” news.
It may seem like a small thing to donate, but one of the mothers in one of the pantry families told me it is a big thing to her and her kids. (She texts me to thank the Army of Good and me for the food they are getting. We try to get what the pantry can’t get or afford.
“Flavoring food is so important,” one of the pantry family mothers texted me, “especially when you haven’t been able to do it for months or years. We are very grateful to see some cheese shakers and bread crumbs. They mean a lot.”
It is a message to the pantry families and, beyond that, to the outside world. Compassion and caring are a part of us all, no matter what you see on the news. America is a country of great heart.
Is it 3,828 or 4,828? You’ve written both things.
Ellen, sorry if you missed this.https://www.bedlamfarm.com/2024/05/06/wonderful-news-the-army-of-good-sent-the-cambridge-pantry-3828-pounds-of-food-in-april-800-more-than-in-march-wow/
I didn’t miss it. You wrote in that post 3,828 and in this one 4,828. Which is right?
Elien, it’s $3,828, as the headline says.
sorry, Ellen……but either way……it seems an impressive amount of food and love being donated and every pound is wonderful 🙂
Susan M
Yes, it would have been nice for her to notice, but the correctors never seem to…it’s up to them. It was my mistake. Thanks, Susan, for noticing. Maybe I should have asked her how to say “please…”
I hope people who donate consider a matching donation for their own local food bank. Hunger is everywhere.
Mel, I hope you donate to whatever pantry is near you. In case you are new, we have repeatedly said the purpose of our campaign is to alert people all over the country of people’s struggle to obtain food for their families. We are using this pantry to educate local people and those who read the blog scattered all over the country. Some have no pantries nearby, and others don’t quite know how to do it. We are showing people how, and I appreciate your interest, but I don’t need to tell people who are giving to a food pantry that they need to know hunger is everywhere. Obviously, they know it. That’s why they are donating, bless them. I never tell other people what to do.