Pantry

having a "meltdown" its front-page news and all over the magazine stands. We put so much emphasis on the bad things that happen we tend to forget that there are so many good things happening in this world we live in. In this module, we have been talking about a few things, that can shed a little light into what can be seen as a hopeless world. I think all three of the food outreach programs we have looked at over the past few weeks are very good programs. The CSA's and community gardens promote teamwork, and give many people opportunities to have fresh, organic foods. Then food pantry's give so many people chances to get food and things that they could not previously do on their own. St. Louis area food pantries feed approximately 42,000 people each weak. Each year, pantries provide more than 28 million meals to needy families in 26 counties in Missouri and Illinois. So much goodness comes from these charities. But with everything in life, it has goods and beds. The rose thorn and rose bud. With food pantry’s and charity’s, it’s easy for us to say something like “giving something is all that counts”. With that being said, while giving is such a great thing, sometimes it seems like with charity and those in need, the ones giving are essentially just throwing money at them. You can’t just throw money at a problem and expect the problem to go away. In the “Toxic Charity” reading, the absolute biggest thing I took from it the fact that the people who are helped and served are…

For my leadership project, I decided to collect donations from the Trumbull Food Pantry. To organize it, I went on Trumbull’s town website home page to get a list of the most needed items from the pantry. From there, I was able to talk to my mom and her administration assistant to put a box in their office so people could drop off their donations. To inform people about this, I drafted an email and my mom sent it out from her work email address with everyone on her team in it informing them…

It can be tough to organize your pantry. You may have been promising yourself for months that you'd get to it but you haven't. It can seem like an overwhelming task, but it helps when you organize by function and have the right storage options for your pantry. If you can take the time to organize your pantry, you'll be able to keep it in check in the future too. The first task when organizing your pantry is to declutter the space. Throw out old items that have expired. If nobody likes the…

assist is to help someone with money, resources, or information. The food pantry has allowed me to assist impecunious people who may not be as blessed as me. The food pantry broadened my mind as I was able to connect with people who came, and earn a new understanding of the benefits that people can gain from serving their community. Through my community hours at the food pantry I realized what my work did for me, the community and how it was throughout history. In the food pantry, I got to sort…

Community service is a wonderful thing, and helps the people who need it. There are many different ways to contribute through community service. One could work in a food pantry, pick up trash, help kids in a hospital, or read to preschool kids. If i were to devote one year to community service, I would work in a food pantry or food bank. First, the food pantry helps people receive something they need. Everyone needs food, but not everyone is as blessed as myself to be able to eat healthy and…

them, but now realize why they would have that impression. I started volunteering at the North Dearborn Food Pantry during my freshman year of high school as a way to spend time with my grandpa, but it evolved over time. When I first began, I only worked two times a week for 8 hours total and now I work three times a week for a total of 14 hours. My work must have been proved in order to move up in position at the pantry. In the first year, I was able to move from assisting in putting out…

Food pantry (vocab words) As we walked into the well done church empty except for the basement teeming with life a food pantry of people all in discolored clothes with different needs and wants. I was uncomfortable and anxious I talked to a lady who loved to talk about her life and had so many stories that they seemed to be fake. As i walk into the pantry a man with is 6 kids pick out food exchanging various amounts of banter rummaging around. I felt so bad there was no mother with them I…

The need for food in my community inspired me to become more active in volunteering at the food pantry. In the town that I live in, over 300 families come to this food pantry every month to receive food for the month. Many of the head of households in the families are unemployed and receive government assistance. It pains me to see some of the circumstances that individual people and families are in who come to the food bank, but it gives me great joy to see how I am a part of helping…

We began as I believe all days should begin; in the presence of the Lord. After a talk and prayer, we headed off; some of us on busses and some in cars. I had picked to go to the Food Pantry the Tuesday before, although I did not foresee any of the events that would happen there at that time. I had thought it’d be some gigantic warehouse with food stacked on shelves and we would have to move it out of there to an even more gigantic warehouse. This was not the case. There was much of this day…

been served by Fish and Loaves Community Food Pantry. As a “client choice” pantry families and individuals “shop” at our store like facility at no cost to themselves. Generous 50/50 partner supporters like you allow us to raise the funds needed to provide nutritious food to families and individuals. The “client choice” approach prevents waste: families and individuals only take what they want and can use. We invite you, your church, civic organization, and or business to become an active…