Two months ago, we celebrated Women’s Day at the Cambridge Food Pantry with a new and complete women’s shelf, and the other day, it was Mexican Food Day, marking the first time Mexican sauces and salsa were on a Pantry shelf.
We also devoted a day to getting dental paste and fixtures so the elderly Pantry customers could use their teeth again.
Your support is instrumental in helping the pantry to break new ground.
This weekend, we’re facing an urgent need. We’re reaching out to you for immediate assistance in providing diapers and wipes to the mothers and fathers in our Pantry food assistance community. Your prompt action can make a significant difference.
The need is pressing, and your help is crucial. Diapers and wipes cost between $10 and $11.33.
At the moment, food deprivation is not about starvation but choices: whether to pay the electric bill or have coffee or cereal for breakfast. Salaries are static; prices are not.
“The pantry was busy this week,” Sarah just texted me. “We are out of everything I have on the Wish List!” She says local farmers and gardeners have helped the pantry keep up to date on produce, something we can’t help them with.
Sarah has organized a small army of generous gardeners who bring her fresh produce. “I keep adding a bag of this or that to the produce section fresh from their gardens. “Today, I bet five people brought us about 10 lbs each of seasonal produce. It makes a nice variety. We had a ton of plum tomatoes today for the first time. People loved them.”
She is gathering every imaginable resource for the pantry. You are helping incredibly.
I remember how draining life was for my wife and me when our daughter was a baby. It is round-the-clock work. My job was diaper change and wiping. I can hardly imagine what it might be like to choose between new diapers and gasoline to get to work.
That’s what M, a Mansion patron, told me she had to do for many weeks.
She said she has to make the same choice about wipes. “I never have enough,” she said. Most of the Pantry parents are single mothers with small children. Some have several jobs, but they need more money to buy the food they need for their children or the diapers or wipes they need for their babies.
This is a heartbreaking situation, and Sarah is asking us to help. I named this Baby Weekend Diapers and Wipes Weekend. These items will be on the Wish List until Sunday night or Monday morning. Sarah said again that she was so grateful for your help.
I almost heard the cavalry charging when I told M that help was coming. Moments like these remind us of our country’s true spirit—joy, generosity, and a deep concern for those in need. We are all part of this shared history; your support is a testament to that.
Your support makes a significant difference in the lives of these families. The three items below are the most urgently needed on the Cambridge Pantry Amazon Wish List, along with nine other items that Sarah from the pantry would love to see back on her shelves. Your donations will help fill these shelves and bring much-needed relief to these families, showing them they are not alone in their struggle. Feel free to make your own donation choices; many of you buy more than one thing. Bless you. The Wish Lists are updated several times a day, and if Sarah takes one down, it means she has enough for now; she has limited room for storage.
And she just texted me to say they are out of everything on the wish list.
Premium Baby Diapers Size 1 (32 Count, Extra-Absorbent Comfort Fit, $10.99.
Reminder: You can now access the Cambridge Pantry Amazon Wish List anytime, day or night. Just click on the green button below at the bottom of every post I make on the blog. Carol is deeply grateful for your very generous and inspiring support. Your willingness to help these families in need is truly unique. Thank you. We’ll focus on a new item on Monday; it’s all babies this weekend.
a sad but stark reality that so many must choose between feeding their children……and being able to obtain what we consider the basic needs of diapers and baby wipes……… it is a joy to help, though…..even in a small way.
Susan M