Blessed Sacrament Catholic Community
The Little Portion Food Pantry
Newsletter December, 2015
BSS kindergarten food drive Christmas ornaments
A very Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Seasons Greetings to everyone. We thank all our volunteers and benefactors. Your effort and financial support has enabled the pantry to provide much needed nourishment to many families. We averaged 125 families and 535 individuals per month and provided over 85,000 lbs. of food for the year.
New at the Pantry
Our thanks go out to:
Everyone who contributed to the Knights Stuff a Truck food drive.
Columbiettes for their cash contribution to the pantry.
The Elon University Chemistry Department for the food donation.
Circle C for the candy donation.
The kindergarten class of BSS for their food drive. Teresa Degutis for the Christmas ornaments.
We gave out gift cards or turkey breasts to all families and kid’s meal packs to all children.
Monthly Results – December 19 Distribution
Volunteers – over 40 people volunteered at the pantry in support of the December distribution.
Screening & Distribution –Screening – 169 Families; 11 walk in Distribution – 165 Families, 350 adults, 363 children, 713 individuals. Approximately 10,000 pounds of food distributed. All families were also given either a $10 gift card or a turkey breast.
Non-Monetary Donations – November 22 thru December 19
Pro-Data Research – over 300 boxes to pack food
Knights Stuff A Truck - 2784 lbs. of food; Blessed Sacrament Church - 1126 lbs. of food
Elon University – 900 pounds of canned goods
Panera Bread 170 lbs. of bread products
Circle C–60 lbs. of candy for families with children, BSS kindergarten class –111 lbs. of food
Parishioner donation of potatoes – 700 pounds
Purchased Food - November 22 thru December 19
Locally purchased $819.90- Over 1100 lbs. (oil, Maseca, pasta sauce, crackers).
Gift cards - $1300
Second Harvest Food Bank $1151.63 lbs. of food purchased and include items such as 126 lbs. of eggs, 400 lbs. of frozen meat, 200 lbs. of dairy and 975 lbs. of holiday meal packs.
Items in the Kids meal packs
Food Items Needed: pasta sauce, tuna fish, crackers, canned tomatoes, spaghetti, rice, canned fruit, potatoes, oranges, and apples. Please do not donate expired food. It cannot be distributed.
Non-Food items Needed – bars of soap and toilet paper
Next Screening is on January 21. 2016 (9 am till 12 noon) at Blessed Sacrament Church, 1620 Hanford Rd., Graham
Next Distribution is January 23, 2016 (9 am till 12 noon) at the parish office 710 Koury Drive, Burlington.
Our thanks to everyone who supports this important ministry. We appreciate your contributions – please designate monetary contributions to “Blessed Sacrament Church - The Little Portion Food Pantry”.