God's Pantry Needs Your HELP

Kentucky 9/12 Project Thanks / Giving program “from your pantry to theirs”. We will be working with God’s Pantry and Clear Channel WLAP 630am in Lexington and doing a food drive to collect food on November 18th (3pm – 6pm) and Saturday November 19th (11am – 3pm). Bring non-perishable food items and donations to 2601 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY at the times designated. Our goal is to completely fill up a cargo van!!!!! If you can not make it out please consider making a donation on-line (learn more)..

About: God’s Pantry Food Bank
God’s Pantry Food Bank is an ecumenical, community-based, non-profit agency established to meet the needs of the hungry in central and eastern Kentucky. A network of over 220 social service agencies and churches screen and refer over 1,700 households each month to our network of 5 neighborhood food pantries for food assistance. With the current state of the economy we are seeing record increases in the demand for our services.

Recent service statistics has us distributing an average of 140,000 pounds of food, 70 tons, almost 4 tractor trailer loads a month through 5 locations. This is a combination of donated and purchased product. The recent increase in clients (800 households a month in 2007, over 1,700 households a month in 2011) due to the economy is making it a real challenge to keep the shelves stocked. Yet, we have not turned anyone away. We rely on food drives from individuals, churches, schools, businesses and civic organizations to provide the some of the food for this program.

The following lists food items that are always in demand. They have good shelf life and are easy to prepare for family meals.
Box Cereal (hot or cold)
Canned vegetables
Pasta
Peanut butter
Flour
Dry milk
Rice or potato product
Dry beans
Corn meal or mixes
Canned beans
Mac n cheese dinners
Canned Soup
Juice
Cooking oil
Canned fruit
Tomato products
Baby food

Having an ample supply of these staple items enables us to use donated money to purchase perishable items (eggs, meat, margarine, bread, fresh produce) for this program.