Message from Sarah on Friday: “We need some help with the backpack children’s food program and some breakfast items for the bags.” She said they urgently needed instant oatmeal and Life Cereal Boxes for the volunteers to put in the bags that go to the school.

The backpacks, assembled on Thursdays for the 61 children of pantry families enrolled in the program, are picked up by the pantry families at the end of the school day. The bags are numbered, not named, to protect the children’s privacy.

The two items urgently needed now:

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar, Individual Packets, 1.51 oz (Pack of 48), $10.78.

Life Breakfast Cereal, Cinnamon, 13 oz Boxes (3 Pack), $8.62.

Other items that might need support later as we go are peanut butter, jelly, juice, Granola bars, and fruit cups. State funding for the program is tight. If necessary, Sarah will put them on the list.

Thank you for your invaluable support. Your contribution truly makes an enormous difference.

I’m taking much of tomorrow off today, but I will keep posting this weekend’s request through Monday—blessings to you. The kids need this food; it’s meant to provide vitamins and energy.

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P.S. The food pantry always needs the items below: Velveeta Cheese, Chicken Pot Pie, and Tide.

Velveeta Shells& Cheese (3 ct pack, 12 oz boxes), $7.47.

Chunky Soup, Chicken Pot Pie, $15.68, Case of 8).

Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent, $5.50.

The backpacks are on the way to the Cambridge Central School.

You can access the constantly updated Cambridge Food Pantry Amazon Wish List using the links above or the green “pantry” button at the bottom of every blog post on this blog.

Below is a list of the items that go into the backpack children’s program for healthy food, vitamins, and other energy foods. Thank you.