Last year, the pantry started a Backpack Program for children whose parents signed them up for food support on weekends when their families struggled to fill the school food programs. More than 150 children have been signed up.
Every Thursday, the pantry stuffs nutritious and protein packs for these children to get them through the weekend. Otherwise, there would be little for them to eat. Sarah has extremely inexpensive items from Amazon to support this program but needs help.
This week, Sarah urgently asks for cereal, a significant program component. Please help if you can:
My research:
Several studies highlight that breakfast cereal consumption may be associated with improved cognitive functioning, lower measures of overweight or obesity, and reduced risk of hypertension. According to the National Institutes of Health, “You can confidently buy and serve cereal to your children without guilt. Cereal remains a nourishing, cost-effective, and convenient meal or snack for families; it’s perfectly safe.
The cereal we are requesting:
Original Cinnamon Toast Crunch Breakfast Cereal, 12 Oz Cereal Box, $1.99.
Honey Nut Cheerios Heart Healthy Breakfast Cereal, Gluten Free Cereal With Whole Grain Oats, $4.93.
My research:
Several studies highlight that breakfast cereal consumption may be associated with improved cognitive functioning, lower measures of overweight or obesity, and reduced risk of hypertension.
According to the National Institutes of Health, “You can confidently buy and serve cereal to your children without guilt. Cereal remains a nourishing, cost-effective, and convenient meal or snack for families; it’s perfectly safe.
Seeing the kindness and admiration coming into the Pantry Volunteers lifts the heart. I’ll post more; they are coming in fast and lifting spirits. Nobody can tell me that Americans are not kind.
The messages are kind and touching—one Army of Good to Another. You can find them on Amazon’s Checkout Page.
From Sarah, some volunteers: (Terry unboxes food almost daily and stocks shelves 3 times a week. Barbara unpacks the cereal. Pastor Jim and Jeri help at every food service. They are very dedicated workers.)
You can browse and donate items from the Cambridge Pantry Amazon Wish List anytime by linking to this page or clicking the green button at the top of every web post.
Waiting to unload the weekly pantry supply truck from the New York Food Ban.