FEEDING FRIENDS
on the third Saturday each month.
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May 19, 2012 June 16, 2012 July 21, 2012 |
August 18, 2012 September 15, 2012 October 20, 2012 |
November 17, 2012 December 15, 2012 |
| Household size | Yearly income | Monthly income | Weekly income | |
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We serve anyone who meets the income guidelines as laid out by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (see table to right). You do not have to bring any proof of income. You do not have to fill out the JFS form before coming—one of our intake volunteers will assist you with the form during our intake process. For your safety and comfort, we ask clients not to arrive before 7:00 a.m. — we cannot admit any clients into our building before then. We do allow clients to enter the building at 7:00 and to wait in our church parlor, and if our intake volunteers are ready, we may start the intake process before 7:30, but under no circumstances will we begin shopping before 7:30 a.m. If you’d prefer not to wait as long, you might want to arrive at 8:00 or 8:30—we do try to order sufficient food each month based on our historical patterns. |
1 | $21,779 | $1,814 | $418 |
| 2 | $29,419 | $2,451 | $565 | |
| 3 | $37,059 | $3,088 | $712 | |
| 4 | $44,699 | $3,724 | $859 | |
| 5 | $52,339 | $4,361 | $1,006 | |
| 6 | $59,979 | $4,998 | $1,153 | |
| 7 | $67,619 | $5,634 | $1,30 | |
| 8 | $75,259 | $6,271 | $1,447 | |
| 9 | $82,899 | $6,908 | $1,594 | |
| 10 | $90,539 | $7,544 | $1,741 | |
| For each additional person, add: | $7,640 | $637 | $147 |
To volunteer, contact Janice or Barry at feedingfriends@crosscreekchurch.org. You can also just show up on Saturday morning when our food pantry is open, and/or you can come to a volunteer meeting (see below) to get more information.
Every time the pantry is open, volunteers are needed between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Even if you can’t come for the entire time, coming for part of the time helps!
Volunteers help with greeting, intake, assisting shoppers, bagging groceries, and clean up. Youth volunteers accompanied by an adult are welcome to join.
Volunteers unloading the delivery truck on a Friday
We also need volunteers on the Friday before each pantry date to help with setting up and with receiving the delivery of food from the Foodbank. The Foodbank’s truck arrives between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. If you can help on Friday mornings, let Janice or Barry know.
We also have other tasks such as fundraising, publicity and reporting that take place through out the month.
For the period from September 2011 through March 2012 we served 103 distinct households comprised of 350 people (29 seniors, 192 adults and 129 children). Some households come only once, while others come every month.
The majority of the households we served came from ZIP codes 45458 (39 households) and 45459 (19 households), but we have also served households from 45320, 45329, 45342, 45402, 45403, 45404, 45405, 45410, 45414, 45415, 45416, 45417, 45420, 45429, 45431, 45432, 45439, 45440 and 45449.
| The average family receives: | ||||
| • 2 boxes of cereal | • 2 dried/canned bean items | |||
| • 1 box of pasta | • 3 drink items | |||
| • 2 cans of sauce | • 3 boxes of mac and cheese | |||
| • 2 canned meat items | • 1 jar of peanut butter | |||
| • 5 cans of soup | • 1 bread item | |||
| • 5 cans of fruit | • 1 bag of potatoes | |||
| • 5 cans of vegetables | • 1 carton of eggs | |||
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We also offer: • A table of items that we don’t have enough for to offer to everyone, free for people to choose from • A table of children’s books |
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New refrigerator (left) next to existing freezer
New refrigerator stocked with eggs and milk
