The big news is that the Cambridge Food Pantry, with the support of our community, is holding a Thanksgiving Dinner Giveaway on November 21.

We are deeply grateful for your contribution, no matter how small, as it will make a significant difference. We are asking the Army of Good for help: two fixing bags and a frozen turkey for 50 families. This is a testament to our collective strength and compassion.

This is a dream come true for many people who need help with even the most basic food and hygiene—all they need for a full traditional meal. They tell me nothing is worse than telling their children they can’t afford Thanksgiving dinner.

This is a gift of pride and hope. Many of these families and children know what it is like to skip Thanksgiving dinners. This year, with your support, we hope to change that and bring overwhelming joy and relief to these families.

The pantry is raising funds for the turkeys. They asked if we could provide turkey gravy for $1.99, jelly cranberry sauce for $1.58, and fresh stuffing mix and turkey flavor for $1.59. I said I was sure we could.

Here’s the challenge: They need 300 cans of Turkey Gravy, 150 cans of Cranberry Sauce, and 150 cans of Turkey Flavor Stuffing Mix. That’s 600 items altogether, all inexpensive. It will take 4-5 weeks to do it.

I told Sarah I believed we could do it; all of the items needed from us cost less than $2.

We could quickly reach the total if many of us did five at a time and adopted an item or two.

If we sometimes can buy more than one at a time, November 21 (probably sooner) will be reachable and a wonderful gift to give these people and their children on Thanksgiving.

I’m  hoping we can get started this weekend. I post the total needed and the total sold daily. These three items will remain on the Pantry Wish List until we send all 600.

Campbell’s Turkey Gravy, 10.5 Oz Can, $1.99.

Fresh, Regular Jellied Cranberry Sauce, 14 Oz, $158.

Fresh Stuffing Mix Turkey Flavor, 6 Oz. $1.59.

_______

Your support is crucial in making this a reality. This is a beautiful project for the food pantry, and I assured them that we will do everything possible to provide the support they need to give every one of their registered families the best possible Thanksgiving dinner.

I’ll be posting the count and remaining needs every day between now and then.

All three items are on the Wish List and will stay on the list until they have been purchased and donated. The Thanksgiving Giveaway will be a drive-through at the pantry building as long as our supplies last. If we can send our 600 items, every family will get one.

I know we can do this, and today is the proper weekend to start. I’m excited. The Army Of Good has handled more challenging and expensive causes, but this is one of the best. I hope you can help.

_____

I’ll post these items every day from now on; Sarah will continue choosing two items a day that are popular and no longer on her shelves. Here are two for today and tomorrow:

Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent, Heavy Duty, Original  Scent, 24 Loads, 34 fl oz, $5.50.

Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original Pasta & Cheese Sauce Meal (3ct Pak, 17.0z), $7.47.

These are two of the most popular pantry items and are almost impossible to keep on the shelves. Thanks for helping to replenish them.

You can access the Cambridge Pantry Amazon Food Wish List anytime and browse and purchase items day and night, 7/47. You can also access the list by going to the bottom of every blog post on my blog and clicking on the green food pantry button.