I don't know who you were rooting for, but Cedar Hill Food Pantry came out a true champion. Thanks to 1st United Methodist, Cedar Hill, 1st Baptist, Cedar Hill, Galilean Baptist, Trinity Church & School and Lakeridge Baptist Churches our shelves are looking good. Together they donated over 7000 items. (FYI: Do you know how many packs/boxes Ramen Noodles you can put in the bed of a Ford pick-up? Answer 2327). Seven thousand sounds like a lot, but we are serving food to over 1600 individuals each month. We will be needing to restock shelves twice to have enough to meet the demand for the month of February.
Talking about pick-ups, thank to all you that applied for the driver position.
We have made a choice.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Gene
Help Needed
The Cedar Hill Food Pantry is in need of a paid, part time driver to pick up products from vendors. The job requires a good driving record and the ability to pick up to 50 lbs. Pick ups are made between 8:00am - 10:00 daily averaging 10 hours per week. If interested call 972-293-2822 and ask for Gene.
The Cedar Hill Food Pantry is in need of a paid, part time driver to pick up products from vendors. The job requires a good driving record and the ability to pick up to 50 lbs. Pick ups are made between 8:00am - 10:00 daily averaging 10 hours per week. If interested call 972-293-2822 and ask for Gene.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Angels Came Down at Christmas
Members of Cedar Hill First Baptist Church look like "ordinary people", but they are truly angels. The congregation pulled together and made 300 Christmas meal bags that will be given out the week of Dec. 17-22 to our ever growing list of needy neighbors. Not to be out done, we have received food donations from Ashley's Private School, Permenter Middle School, Bessie Coleman Middle, Lake Ridge, Plummer, Bray Elementary School, and Hope Lutheran and High Point Baptist Churches.
"This is the fullest we have been this time of the year since I've been here", said Chris Grossner, Operations Manager. Not to say we don't need the food, we do. We expect over 5,175 items of food, plus Christmas dinner, to be given out to each of the families in four days. Then, the shelves will need to be restock. "We never have too much food," said Grossner, "just a shortage of space."
"This is the fullest we have been this time of the year since I've been here", said Chris Grossner, Operations Manager. Not to say we don't need the food, we do. We expect over 5,175 items of food, plus Christmas dinner, to be given out to each of the families in four days. Then, the shelves will need to be restock. "We never have too much food," said Grossner, "just a shortage of space."
Monday, November 12, 2012
Local Families Help Neighbors
What a busy day! Trinity Church & School and the Mansfield-Cedar Hill Alumni Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc brought complete Thanksgiving dinners for our 280 families. There were so many bringing food you could not get a parking place for two blocks.
The number of families keep increasing on a regular basis. Currently, we are serving over 100 families more than this time last year. Not to paint a dreary picture, but donations are down at the same time our numbers are up. We are having to buy more and more food from local grocery stores. Our food bill more than doubled the budgeted amount in October. After we give Thanksgiving out this week, Nov. 12 - 17, the shelved will be near empty. Any and all donations will be appreciated.
The number of families keep increasing on a regular basis. Currently, we are serving over 100 families more than this time last year. Not to paint a dreary picture, but donations are down at the same time our numbers are up. We are having to buy more and more food from local grocery stores. Our food bill more than doubled the budgeted amount in October. After we give Thanksgiving out this week, Nov. 12 - 17, the shelved will be near empty. Any and all donations will be appreciated.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Turkey Time at Pantry
The week of Dec. 17-22 we will be giving Christmas dinners consisting of sweet potatoes, black eye peas, one any other vegetable, mac & cheese, cake mix, frosting, stuffing mix and cornbread mix. First Baptist Church Cedar Hill has graciously committed to provide 200 meals. Again, we have the extra 80 families in need of Christmas dinner. Currently we have no mac & cheese, cake mix, frosting or cornbread mix in the building. If you are walking down the grocery aisle and see these products, please pick up one or two of these items to donate to help feed your neighbors.
Monday, September 17, 2012
$10,000 Bridge Feed Hungry
A big cheer was sent up as a result of the Sept. 13, 1912 Donor Bridge
Donation Day. We want to show deep appreciation for the seventy individuals who took time to give to Cedar Hill Food Pantry. Final figures are not in, however, the amount donated will be approximately $10,700.
This is our one and only fundraiser this year. These donations will help us meet the cost of operations for the year. All expenses have increase due to our rise in clients. The month of August we served 1648 individuals, which is the largest number we have helped in any one month ever. This intails higher utilities, gasoline, and the necessity to purchase food from grocery stores when it is in short supply at North Texas Food Bank.
If, for some reason, you could not donate money, we can always use the donation of time. Become a volunteer and help spread the love.
Donation Day. We want to show deep appreciation for the seventy individuals who took time to give to Cedar Hill Food Pantry. Final figures are not in, however, the amount donated will be approximately $10,700.
This is our one and only fundraiser this year. These donations will help us meet the cost of operations for the year. All expenses have increase due to our rise in clients. The month of August we served 1648 individuals, which is the largest number we have helped in any one month ever. This intails higher utilities, gasoline, and the necessity to purchase food from grocery stores when it is in short supply at North Texas Food Bank.
If, for some reason, you could not donate money, we can always use the donation of time. Become a volunteer and help spread the love.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Get Up and Give
Just wanted to remind you to Get Up and Give to Sharing the Bread Cedar Hill Food Pantry. Log onto www.donorbridgetx.org. between 7:00am and midnight on Sept. 13. Type in "Cedar Hill Food Pantry" and it will pullup Sharing the Bread Cedar Hill Food Pantry and then click "Donate Now". Any donation over $25 will be matched. Please help. This is our only fund raiser.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Giving Makes Impact
Your giving will make a phenomenal impact! Texas Giving Day is September 13 from 7:00 a.m. until midnight. Please join the power of unity by logging on to www.donorbridgetx.org, type in Cedar Hill Food Pantry and click "Donate Now." Donations over $25.00 will receive a portion of matching funds, plus Golden Tickets will be drawn every hour for nonprofits to receive additional donations. Don't stop there, invite friends through Facebook, Twitter and e-mail to participate on Giving Day too.
Something to think about:
Can you even imagine how long you could live comfortably without a weekly, biweekly or monthly paycheck? Most of us do not want to even think about it and most of us would answer, "Not for very long!" the last I heard, the reports were 8.3% unemployed. That number is the percent of people receiving unemployment checks. The actual unemployment numbers are around 16%. One out of every six citizens receives some sort of government check.
Our numbers at the Cedar Hill food Pantry reflect the reality of our economy. The number of individuals we are feeding, our neighbors, in Cedar Hill is up 42% over last year. This is a total of 9,489 individuals in 2012 compared to 6,702 in 2011.
As a member of Feeding America we receive shared maintenance of .28 lb for food from North Texas Food Bank. However, the list of available food items at North Texas Food Bank has decreased in variety. This makes it necessary to purchase more and more food from local retail stores. Just when we need the extra income from donations, they are down 16%comparing 2011 to 2010. We receive a portion of the New2You thrift Store sales to help meet our expenses. Your donations of clothing and household goods and purchases at New2You are another way to help the Pantry purchase food.
Something to think about:
Can you even imagine how long you could live comfortably without a weekly, biweekly or monthly paycheck? Most of us do not want to even think about it and most of us would answer, "Not for very long!" the last I heard, the reports were 8.3% unemployed. That number is the percent of people receiving unemployment checks. The actual unemployment numbers are around 16%. One out of every six citizens receives some sort of government check.
Our numbers at the Cedar Hill food Pantry reflect the reality of our economy. The number of individuals we are feeding, our neighbors, in Cedar Hill is up 42% over last year. This is a total of 9,489 individuals in 2012 compared to 6,702 in 2011.
As a member of Feeding America we receive shared maintenance of .28 lb for food from North Texas Food Bank. However, the list of available food items at North Texas Food Bank has decreased in variety. This makes it necessary to purchase more and more food from local retail stores. Just when we need the extra income from donations, they are down 16%comparing 2011 to 2010. We receive a portion of the New2You thrift Store sales to help meet our expenses. Your donations of clothing and household goods and purchases at New2You are another way to help the Pantry purchase food.
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