Sarah sent three choices for foods that the pantry is out of shelves. Empty shelves are discouraging. I hope we can help over the weekend; these are the choices and requests. So far, we have done a fantastic job.
The weekend items:
– 1. Skippy Super Chunk Peanut Butter, 16.3 Ounce (Pack of 12): $31.28.
-3. Chief Boyardee Beef Ravioli, 15 Oz, 4 Pack, $4.48.
The food goes out of the pantry just as fast as in.
Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches are a favorite of the food pantry families and a staple of lunches, especially for children. The pantry’s supply, provided by the Army of Good a couple of weeks ago, is gone.
I would greatly appreciate anything you can do to help with these three foods. These will be the only food items requested until Monday. You can browse and see the updated Cambridge Pantry Wish List here.
This is a promising time for Sarah Harrington and the food pantry; they are hopeful, even in the face of real challenges. After months of searching, they finally got a new truck in good shape.
Today, they put up the overhead lights I purchased a week or so ago and also purchased carpeting for the room that houses their shelves with food—pictures to follow.
The Cambridge Food Pantry, energized by Sarah and her volunteers, has real momentum; I hope we can help it continue to build. More and more people are coming into the pantry every week, unable to afford supermarket prices for their children.
The pantry gets food from several sources, from supermarkets to pantry banks to farmers, but it doesn’t get to choose what it receives, so many of the most sought-after items are not available. We are working to fix that gap.
The food pantry is rising to the moment. We are helping and doing the same.
Thanks so much.
Sarah hauls hundreds of boxes a week.