City Reformed Food Drive

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

Hats off today to our friends at City Reformed Presbyterian Church. Thanks to EECM's Super-Admin (who just happens to be a member of City Reformed) the congregation hosted a month-long food drive benefiting EECM's Have a Heart for Hunger campaign.

The response was terrific. They collected more than 100 food items as well as some baby necessities like diapers and baby shampoo. Here's a partial list:

9 boxes of cereal
13 boxes of Mac and Cheese
16 cans of soup
6 cans of fruit
17 cans of veggies
8 jars of pasta sauce
2 jars of peanut butter
2 jars of jelly
4 boxes of pasta
6 boxes of raisins
3 cans of salmon
2 cans of chicken
3 packages of rice
4 cans of tuna
3 jars of applesauce
2 cans of pasta
3 boxes of Jello/pudding
2 boxes of stuffing

What's particularly great about this food drive is that it targeted "food of the month" items -- those foods that we use (and need) all the time at the Pantry. Everything in red above is a food of the month item. Each of the more than 400 families that comes through the Pantry each month receives these items, so food drives focusing on these much-needed things are extra helpful!*

*Of course, we happily accept and use donations of all types of non-perishable food items. Click here for more information on donating food to the Pantry.