Photo Journal: See What You Are Doing For The Pantry And The Children. It Is Helping More Than You Know. And See Some Of The Beautiful Messages You Are Sending

The volunteers must think I’m mad at times, rushing over to take photos of the packages and items sent by the Army Of Good, all items the Pantry or their patrons could not afford to get.

The boxes and packages from Amazon have been arriving daily, transforming the food pantry’s shelves. I take these photos because I believe the people who send this food have a right to see what their money looks like and what they bought. I love photography because it is trusting, and it can’t lie.

(Photo above, what came in today.)

(This is the first wave of oatmeal and cereal arriving to fill the children’s back backs. Carol says this is a fraction of what is on the way.)

The Army of Good is in love with good, and nowhere is the good they do more needed than the food pantry. We are transforming the very idea of idea. Come and see what we have done in the past day or do; the actual boxes for the pantry and the backpack kids will be coming tomorrow.

Messages

(Utensil boxes have many helpful tools for people who have had to leave their houses and sleep in small spaces, often with no stoves.)

Thanks for sending items for Sarah’s groundbreaking new Kitchen Shelf. We can improve health, delight children, increase pride, and lift spirits and morale. We are. She works hard to understand what the food-deprived people want and need, not just what the food centers decide to give them. This has been important and has given these families a tremendous morale boost.

Sarah says she can’t keep the kitchen utensils on the shelves, as everyone wants them. Thanks again, AOG.

And please don’t forget Sarah’s request this morning for men’s and women’s deodorant. It’s about a lot more than smell:

Lady Speed Stick Invisible Dry Antiperspirant Deodorant, Shower Fresh, 2.3 oz, 4 Pack, $6.48.

Speed Stick Men’s Deodorant, Regular, 3 Ounce, 4 Pack, $6.78.

(New backpack supplies are pouring into the food pantry. Thank you (I find myself saying that 50 times a week. I really can’t say it enough)

Here are some messages. On the Amazon checkout page, you can message the pantry, Sarah, and its volunteers. This means a lot to the workers. Terry, above all, works like a fiend, as do all the volunteers. She puts the things you send up on the shelves. Your messages are coming in fast and mean a great deal to the volunteers (and to Sarah, who keeps telling me how kind and good you are). True enough.