I’ve asked Sarah Harrington to choose several goods for me to post on the blog for the Cambridge Food Pantry while I’m away in Vermont. I’m getting a new heart (hard drive) on my computer and sleeping late at least once this month.

Sarah, who updates the wish list daily,  chose four things: Prego sauce, Parmesan Cheese, and two drinks, primarily for children, for the hot days ahead—cranberry juice and lemonade. These items are essential to the children of food-struggling parents and are among the most inexpensive items on the list.

What’s happening between the Cambridge Food Pantry and the Army of Good is extraordinary, perhaps even once-in-a-lifetime.

We have something wonderful going on, which can continue when I’m away for a few days; I’m just the messenger.

Nothing is more satisfying to me than helping children get the food they need.

I’d love to come home Thursday with one of those stunned photos waiting from Sarah of Army Of Good boxes arriving at the Food Pantry with the food that was gone to fill those shelves.

These juices and dressings are vital, especially to children. These are not people with air conditioners running all day.

Here are the four items. You can buy them more than once, one day at a time, or every day.

Please also feel free to browse the Pantry’s Amazon Wish List. It’s up to you. What the pantry needs:

Cranberry Juice: Happy Belly Juice Cocktail, Cranberry, Plastic Bottle, $2.92.

Also: Amazon Fresh, Lemonade from Concentrate, 62 Fl Oz, $2.79.

And: Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce, 45 Oz Jar, $2.99.

And: Happy Belly Grated Parmesan Cheese And Romano Cheese Shaker, $2.67.

Every item on the Pantry Wish List is either gone or just about to be gone. Anything you choose to buy is a valued and generous gift. You can go here to see it all. It is updated daily.

And thank you, this is a powerful message to the world: we care. We are Americans.

Banana riding in the Pantry’s Memorial Day Parade.