PANTRY REPORT/ SHORTAGES AS OF 27 MARCH

NO shortages for next week’s distribution for the first time in months – thank you!

Shortages for the 10 April distribution:

(1) “meals in a can” (stew, canned pasta, chili, etc.), (2) pasta sauce, (3) canned vegetables, (4) pasta, and (5) dry, unsweetened cereal.

Shortages for 17 April:

All of the above, plus (6) canned fruit, (7) canned soup, and (8) canned beans (black/kidney/red/etc.). (At half of normal soup distribution, we have canned soup sufficient for the next three weeks. There should be sufficient canned tuna/meat/fish and mac & cheese for four weeks and dry rice/beans for three weeks.)

• We also need: baby wipes and baby food numbers 1 and 2. Also needed are Glucerna, plus adult unisex pull-ups sizes small, medium and large.

• Plastic newspaper bags and plastic grocery bags are always needed.

Over the week ending with the 27 March distribution, we received approximately 2.79 tons of non-perishable food, and gave out some 2.43 tons of non-perishable food and much more perishable food to 250 families.

Many thanks to everyone who can help us help those in need!