Thanks to the rising cost of gas, working people and low income families are struggling just to eat. Local food banks and pantries are running out of food.Wal-Mart has offered to help, and a food drive will be held on Friday, April 25th 2008, from noon to 6 p.m., at the Wal-Mart on MacArthur Road in Whitehall.
These are the most needed food and non-perishable items:
Canned Foods
Fruit
Juice
Meat (spam, tuna, deviled ham, chicken, turkey & beef)
Meat meals (chili, beef stew, chicken & dumplings)
Pasta
Pork and beans
Soups
Tomato
Vegetables
Other Food Items
Baby Food
Baby Formula
Betty Crocker Complete Meal Dinners
Bottled juice
Boxed potatoes (scalloped & mashed)
Cereal
Corn breads
Crackers
Diapers
Jello
Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta
Pasta Sauces
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Personal Care Items
Powdered milk
Pudding
Quick breads
Ramen Noodles
Rice
This food drive will benefit the following food banks: Salvation Army of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA; Northampton Area Food Bank, Northampton, PA; Bethany E.C. Church Food Bank, Allentown, PA; Lehigh County Conference of Churches, Allentown, PA ; New Bethany Ministries, Bethlehem, PA; Allentown Rescue Mission, Allentown, PA.
7 comments:
Bernie, just a reminder that people in the Nazareth area can always donate directly to the Nazareth Area Food Bank at St. John's Lutheran Church at Broad & Prospect Streets. We are always looking to fill the shelves and/or the coffers.
Let me extend my gratitude to the residents, churches and organizations in the Nazareth Area School District for their ongoing support. Unfortunately, we always need their assistance. Fortunately, there are good people in the world.
Personal comment: Gee, we do this without a government program. Sorry, but I had to say it.
Lady Rep, I am very proud to know so many good people like you, even if you are an R :-). In fact, it was an R who made me awae of this food drive.
I remember reading about the food banks a couple of weeks ago.
I have a feeling it's going to get worse before it gets better, though I hope I'm wrong!
The combination of the US turning so much of its cropland into corn (for ethanol) and the wheat virus puts the entire world in a bad spot. This year - for the first time in our nation's history - we are importing wheat.
Did you know that the amount of corn needed to make enough ethanol to fill the average-sized SUV's gas tank would feed an adult male for a year?
This would be a good time to seriously consider planting a garden.
Is Walmart providing any food?
Hayshaker, I don't know how mnuch Wal-Mart is giving. But one of the things I noticed in the material provided to me about this event, really surprised me. This was Wal-Mart's idea.
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