I have always believed in angels. We certenly had one in our corner this weekend.
We received a call from Cedar Hill Albertson food store that an envelope had been found on the parking lot and turned into the office. The outside of the envelope read Cedar Hill Food Pantry Donation. When I opened it there was a note that read "I did not win enough to build a house with a basement so I donate my years Lotto winnings to the Cedar Hill Food Pantry. It is not much, but this may help." It was not signed. Attached to the note with a strap that read "Wrapped in His Love" was $165 cash and the 46 winning Powerball tickets ranging from $2-$10 each.
Yes, our Lotto Angel, it will be used to purchase 495 meals from North Texas Food Bank. ( We can purchase 3 meals for every $1 donated)
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
King Foundation, NTFB award grants
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| Pictured are Gene Sims, Executive Director, Elaine King, King Foundation and Nancy Meyne,Personnel Director and writer of the grant. |
The truck is an essential need for food pickups to the Pantry. The $15,000, plus funds from caring citizens whose donations were earmarked for the procurement of the truck, allowed Cedar Hill Food Pantry to pay cash for the pickup.
The Pantry is very grateful to the King Foundation for their financial assistance.
North Texas Food Bank awarded a $10,000 grant that will allow Cedar Hill Food Pantry credit when purchasing food for aproximately six months, or until the $10,000 is used up.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Blessings Abound
'Tis the season for giving. Cedar Hill Food Pantry has been blessed more than we could have dreamed. First on the list is, The First Baptist Church, Cedar Hill, delivered 187 Christmas meals for our "neighbors" to be given out Dec. 16-21. Thank you First Baptist.
The big news is that we were informed the North Texas Food Bank has awarded us a $10,000 grant to go with the $15,000 grant from the King Foundation to purchase a 3/4ton pick-up truck and for additional expenses of title registration, insurance, maintenance, etc. Another $5,000 has been donated by individuals to be added to this project. The truck will be used for business use only; pick ups and deliveries for New2You and Cedar Hill Food Pantry or other activities involving these organizations.We are so very grateful for the gifts and are pleased that we will not have to draw from donations meant to purchase food.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ONE AND ALL.
The big news is that we were informed the North Texas Food Bank has awarded us a $10,000 grant to go with the $15,000 grant from the King Foundation to purchase a 3/4ton pick-up truck and for additional expenses of title registration, insurance, maintenance, etc. Another $5,000 has been donated by individuals to be added to this project. The truck will be used for business use only; pick ups and deliveries for New2You and Cedar Hill Food Pantry or other activities involving these organizations.We are so very grateful for the gifts and are pleased that we will not have to draw from donations meant to purchase food.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ONE AND ALL.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thanksgiving Blessings
Five hundred twenty six individuals (180 families) ask me to express their gratitude for the Thanksgiving meal and their regular food they received from Cedar Hill Food Pantry this week. This would not have been possible without all you friends, churches, businesses, school children and strangers.I wish you could have been there on distribution day and seen the smiles on the faces as they received their food. I cried when the food was brought in and cried when it was given out.
As you gather with your loved ones this Thanksgiving please know YOU DID GOOD unto others.
As you gather with your loved ones this Thanksgiving please know YOU DID GOOD unto others.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Watch Out For flying Turkeys
The parking lot of Cedar Hill Food Pantry looked like an active bee hive Sat., 11/12/11. Cars and people were everywhere. For the seventh consecutive year members of Trnity Church and School of Cedar Hill were bringing and packing 278 Thanksgiving bags. Each bag had a turkey to go with it. "Where did the time go? It was so much fun and such fellowship the time flew by," said one of the workers. "Be extra careful when you open the freezer to add another load. You might just find a landslide of turkeys. Frozen flying turkeys can do some damage."
Monday 11/14/11 the parking lot was again swarming, this time with "Neighbors". In less than three hours fifty four turkeys and everything to make that "Special Holiday Meal" plus over 1500 other items took flight right off the shelves and out the front door. The other two hundred meals will be distributed Wed. 11/16, Fri 11/18and Sat. 11/19.
Monday 11/14/11 the parking lot was again swarming, this time with "Neighbors". In less than three hours fifty four turkeys and everything to make that "Special Holiday Meal" plus over 1500 other items took flight right off the shelves and out the front door. The other two hundred meals will be distributed Wed. 11/16, Fri 11/18and Sat. 11/19.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Life without Peanut Butter
Fall is finally here. The days are getting shorter and cooler. What is the picture you just formed in your mind? Personally, I think of a nice bowl of soup or chili and crackers or peanut butter sandwich. In other words, comfort food. To so many in our community they might have the same vision, but don't know where it is going to come from. Even though we serve over 1000 individuals each month there are some in the city that don't know we are here ready to help.
North Texas Food Bank recently published an article on the Feeding America study "Hunger in North Texas" This is an even bigger than previously known. Research found that 187,000 children struggle with food insecurity. The CHISD stated there are over 4,000 right here in Cedar Hill. The article on poverty in the Dallas Morning News edition on September 14 commented that the Census Bureau reported the number of Texans living in poverty jumped to more than 4.6 million last year. for the second consecutive year the poverty rate grew to 18.4 percent. Our economy is relentless in seeing any numbers decline.
I can't imagine life without peanut butter or popping a can of soup. The Cedar Hill Food Pantry has found they are short of all the above items along with canned vegetables and meat products. In short, we are keeping our head above water by going to local grocery stores and purchasing what we can. In August alone we purchased $675 worth of two items, soup and peanut butter and watched it walk out the door as fast as we could put it on the shelf. Twelve hundred thirty units of food were given out in August alone. That consists of 1320 cans of soup, 1320 cans of fruit, 1320 cans tomato, 1320 canned tuna, 1320 bags of dried beans or rice and 2640 cans of vegetables plus frozen meat and pastries.
Besides food, we are finding ourselves short of volunteers to help stock the shelves and prepare "units" for distribution. If you have three hours free between 8:00am - noon once a week and would like to give yourself a lift, we an sure use you. Give Chris Grossner, Our Operation Manager,a call at 972-293-2822 and he will find a spot for you.
North Texas Food Bank recently published an article on the Feeding America study "Hunger in North Texas" This is an even bigger than previously known. Research found that 187,000 children struggle with food insecurity. The CHISD stated there are over 4,000 right here in Cedar Hill. The article on poverty in the Dallas Morning News edition on September 14 commented that the Census Bureau reported the number of Texans living in poverty jumped to more than 4.6 million last year. for the second consecutive year the poverty rate grew to 18.4 percent. Our economy is relentless in seeing any numbers decline.
I can't imagine life without peanut butter or popping a can of soup. The Cedar Hill Food Pantry has found they are short of all the above items along with canned vegetables and meat products. In short, we are keeping our head above water by going to local grocery stores and purchasing what we can. In August alone we purchased $675 worth of two items, soup and peanut butter and watched it walk out the door as fast as we could put it on the shelf. Twelve hundred thirty units of food were given out in August alone. That consists of 1320 cans of soup, 1320 cans of fruit, 1320 cans tomato, 1320 canned tuna, 1320 bags of dried beans or rice and 2640 cans of vegetables plus frozen meat and pastries.
Besides food, we are finding ourselves short of volunteers to help stock the shelves and prepare "units" for distribution. If you have three hours free between 8:00am - noon once a week and would like to give yourself a lift, we an sure use you. Give Chris Grossner, Our Operation Manager,a call at 972-293-2822 and he will find a spot for you.
Monday, August 29, 2011
North Texas Food Bank Awards Grant
Exciting things are happening at the Pantry. We just finished up another wonderful Fashion With Flair when we received the news North Texas Food Bank has awarded us a Capacity Grant for $10,000.The funds will be used to help the Pantry obtain a used 3/4 ton truck which is needed for food pickups from the North Texas Food Bank and local grocery stores. Our present driver is using his own truck and is contracted for the 2011 year.
The Pantry is reaching out to the community by asking for donations for the remaining cost of the truck which will not exceed $24,000 and an additional $2,000 to cover insurance and miscellaneous costs of registration, plates, etc. One stipulation is that we raise at least $10,000 before North Texas Food Bank will give us the grant.
The Cedar Hill food Pantry, established in 1989, provided 13,312 individual food units in 2010. To explain what that means, we feed 13,312 individuals an average of 3meals a day in 2010. 50% of these individuals are children. The Pantry is a community-wide effort to alleviate hunger in our city. We are pledged by our by-laws to provide food and other assistance, without discrimination to eligible needy families living in the Cedar Hill Independent School District.
The Pantry is very grateful to the North Texas Food Bank for their financial assistance in helping us attain a vehicle that will assist us in accomplishing our mission.
If you would like to make a donation to the Cedar Hill food Pantry Truck Capital Project, please note the donation Truck. Please send your donation to Cedar Hill Food Pantry, 408 Houston Street, Cedar Hill, use donate button on this page or drop by and say "Hi". We are open in the morning Monday through Saturday from 9:00-12:00 and Monday and Wednesday afternoon until 4:00p.m.
The Pantry is reaching out to the community by asking for donations for the remaining cost of the truck which will not exceed $24,000 and an additional $2,000 to cover insurance and miscellaneous costs of registration, plates, etc. One stipulation is that we raise at least $10,000 before North Texas Food Bank will give us the grant.
The Cedar Hill food Pantry, established in 1989, provided 13,312 individual food units in 2010. To explain what that means, we feed 13,312 individuals an average of 3meals a day in 2010. 50% of these individuals are children. The Pantry is a community-wide effort to alleviate hunger in our city. We are pledged by our by-laws to provide food and other assistance, without discrimination to eligible needy families living in the Cedar Hill Independent School District.
The Pantry is very grateful to the North Texas Food Bank for their financial assistance in helping us attain a vehicle that will assist us in accomplishing our mission.
If you would like to make a donation to the Cedar Hill food Pantry Truck Capital Project, please note the donation Truck. Please send your donation to Cedar Hill Food Pantry, 408 Houston Street, Cedar Hill, use donate button on this page or drop by and say "Hi". We are open in the morning Monday through Saturday from 9:00-12:00 and Monday and Wednesday afternoon until 4:00p.m.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Scouts Donate Food
Saturday, February 19, local Cedar Hill Boy Scout troops brought 3052 items of food.
Thank you, Packs 541, 89 & 520, Troops 520,541 & 89.
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