Willowbrook Food Pantry Update
Hi Friends,
It's beautiful weather. I hope everyone can get outside for a while.
Part of our offerings from the Oregon Food Bank is a USDA shopping list. It is free food to us. Last month, it typically contained about 30 items. Last week it contained 3 items, one of which is collard greens, which are not popular with our clientele. We will be needing to find more food or give out less, or most likely, both. We really appreciate and rely on your support.
In March, we helped 208 families, 956 people. We had our biggest year in 2024. The computer shows we helped over 10,500 people, up from 8500 in 2023. We anticipate this continuing and really appreciate your support.
We appreciate the people who continually drop off the plastic bags. It means a lot to us that you take the time to do this. Thank you. We have been informed that we cannot repack eggs. So we no longer need egg cartons.
We are very low on peanut butter, cereals, and tuna. If you can donate a couple, that would really help us. In some stores, you have to buy 4 or 5 items to get the good price, which is sometimes cheaper than buying 2. We would appreciate the extras.
We are very thankful for the Sherwood Target store. They donate to us every week. They donate over 5000 lbs of food most months, and a lot of our meat comes from them.
There is a $10 off $50 Safeway digital coupon this week. I often don't spend $50. But I do spend $35 or $40. So I buy food that the food pantry needs so my total comes up to $50 and I can use the coupon. This way I can, for example, spend $38 for myself and donate $12 worth of food for $2. That's a good deal!! If you don't want to do the arithmetic, you can put an item in your cart and, at checkout, just tell the checker you want to buy the number you need to be eligible for the coupon.
The items that I think are of greatest value to us from each store (when there is a clear standout) are highlighted with bold text. Also, some prices of items not advertised may be out of date.
We are lowest on Peanut Butter, Tuna, Soups, Cereals, Pasta Sauce, Rice-a-roni, Crackers, canned Corn, Sugar, Juice.
Fred Meyers Community Rewards program allows you to specify a charity to give funds to.. To register, go to www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. If you want to give rewards to us, our number for the program is FJ766 . We would appreciate it if you would sign up to give rewards to us. This program does not diminish your personal rewards.
Food can be dropped off in Sherwood at the Friends church…or in the barrels on our front porch at 19200 SW Edy Road.
Thank you for your caring support. Without you all, the pantry would not exist.
Joan
