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CPC has a long-standing involvement in helping with this problem. In early years, we collected food donations from the congregation and delivered them to Manna, our county’s food bank. When Manna launched a program to deliver Smart Sacks/Weekend Bags, CPC signed up to assist two elementary schools by delivering packed bags of food for the weekend. In 2014, we began a pilot program—a Choice Pantry—the first in the county. Over the years we have helped many of our neighbors put food on their table.  
 

We need more volunteers to sustain our efforts. Can you help?

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Smart Sacks/Weekend Bags
Manna Food Center delivers a month’s supply of food for this project. Helpers are needed to unpack the shipment, and organize boxes on weekly shelves. It is about a two-hour job for two or three people which can be daytime or evening on the delivery day. Each week a team of four or five people are needed to pack the bags which then are delivered to our partner schools. Typically we do this on Wednesday and it usually takes about an hour.
 

Choice Pantry
Currently, the pantry is open on the 3rd Saturday each month from 9:30 until noon. We currently have about 50 families come. Because this program has such emphasis on hospitality and true customer service, it takes about 20 volunteers. In addition, there are several other pantry “back office” jobs of data entry, shelving food (non-perishables, fresh fruit and vegetables, and meat.) Most of these tasks take place on the Friday, one week preceding pantry. We need six to eight helpers to do the job. 

For more information or to volunteer, please go to this page of the August edition of Table Talk.