WHEAT Food Drive at the December meeting

The next meeting will be our annual holiday pot luck. Bring your favorite dish to share and consider also bringing something for the WHEAT pantry. Cathy Williams sent along this note to let us know what they need. Money, of course, is always helpful! They purchase perishables every time they have the pantry so any funds raised would go to that.

We continue to assist with several bags of fresh and staple groceries to approximately 80 families residing in Western Hanover County. 

Following is a list of items that will assist us in assisting our community's needy and food insecure:

any type of canned vegetable or fruit

6 ounce cans of tuna

spaghetti sauce to feed a family of 4

boxes of mac 'n cheese

8 ounce boxes of spaghetti noodles

cereal or oatmeal

pancake mix and syrup

dish detergent to hand-wash dishes

clothes detergent

bar soap

shampoo

toilet paper

paper towels

small jars of jelly

pouches of dried milk

boxes of dried mashed potatoes

boxes of dressing

hamburger helper

$ to offset the cost of fresh foods purchased the day of the pantry (Make checks payable to WHEAT and include your address. Yo will receive a tax receipt.)

 

Also, if you are doing your holiday shopping at Amazon please consider using smile.amazon.com. It's the same Amazon but you also pick a charity (WHEAT is one and so is the Virginia Quilt Museum). A percentage of the sale goes to the charity you choose. It's a small percentage but it all adds up!