Bedlam Farm Blog Journal by Jon Katz

Sarah selects the items on the Wish List for us to purchase. This holiday weekend, she’s requested three inexpensive things and the chance to make our own choices. We can significantly impact many people with just a few pennies (or a little more if we feel generous – Tide is always popular). Please take a few minutes to browse the Wish List at your convenience and make your choices thoughtfully, as so many of you are doing.

The Wish List is a unique and unprecedented tool for understanding the needs and lives of the food-challenged and those working so hard to help them.

The Wish List is a unique opportunity for us to understand and meet the needs of the food-challenged and pantry workers. Your thoughtful choices can make a huge difference in their lives. Your work has been a tremendous morale boost for the pantry workers and those in need of food support. Seize this opportunity to directly impact their lives at a very low cost.

This weekend, the Pantry had a huge crowd; on Saturday, they set up for 45 families, and 43 came.

Here are the real bargains and other items on the wish list. Feel free to make your own choices. Everything on the Wish List is desperately needed:

Fresh, Yellow Cling Siced Peaches in Fruit Juice, 15 Oz, $1.79.

Sliced Pears In Pear Juice From Concentrate, 15.Oz, $1.51

Fresh Brand, Canned Pineapple idbits in Pinneaple Juice, 20 Oz, $2.43.

(Fresh, Canned, Sliced Carrots, 14.5 Oz., $o.99.

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Jon’s Items

The items below are from other items that Sarah has put on the Wish List.

She can monitor the purchases and donations as they come in; she has a keen and timely sense of what is going out and what is needed. If you have a few extra dollars on hand, please consider them.

Tide is on the list as frequently as anything; it would be nice to build it up, and disinfectant is always a good idea for households where money can force people to choose between food and household things:

Windex Surface Cleaner And Disinfectant, Kills Germs, Viruses and Bacteria, Citrus Fresh Scent., $3.53.

Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent, Clean, Heavy Duty Original Scent, 21 Loads, 34 Fl. oz., $5.50.

I’m on a personal campaign to increase Tide Laundry Detergent’s stock. Keeping it on the shelves is challenging, but people really want it. They ought to be able to choose their detergents.

You can explore the Cambridge Amazon Food Pantry anytime, day or night. Click on this post or the new Bedlam Farm Pantry Button at the bottom of every post.

Sarah made two choices for Army of Good Cambridge Pantry food support: canned potatoes and chocolate chip muffins – getting ready for school to open again. I added two more because I know Sarah is out of them and because they are so popular: spaghetti, meatballs, and tie-quid detergent.

All four are on the Amazon Wish List for the pantry.

I hope we can help. Sunday is a big day at the pantry, and lots of shelves are empty. The subsequent open food distribution is on Wednesday. “Those are both out,” she said, but she added that the Army of Good went crazy with the canned items. They helped us out.”

Please help her and those families out again.

Del Monte Fresh Cut Dices Canned Potatoes, Canned Vegetables, 12 Pack, 14.5 oz Can, $19.08.

Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix, 6.5 oz (Pack of 9), $11.54.

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I’m adding two more for consideration: Chef Boyardee Spaghetti and Meatballs, 14.05 Cans, Pack of 4, $4.00.

One of the most popular and sought-after items at the pantry is Tide Liquid Detergent, Heavy Duty, 21 Loads, 34 Fl.oz, 4.50.

You can access the Cambridge Pantry Wish List at any time, day or night, to look, browse, or buy. Just click here or on the Pantry Button at the bottom of every post on my blog.

Have a great and caring weekend. Do some good if you are able.  The next pantry food request will be on Monday.