THE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY AT ST. MARY'S MOHEGAN LAKE

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Holiday Food Distribution is December 20th, Toy Distribution Sunday December 21st

All donations must be in by Friday, December 19th.

Hams (shank or butt portion), please no turkeys, the pantry has enough due to the generosity of our community

Frozen family size lasagna 

Canned or packaged gravy (turkey or pork)

Can/Bottle Juices (family size), shelf stable milk

Rice (family size bag not the very large size bag)

Canned Soups (including cream of mushroom and chicken broth)

Canned French Fried Onions

Instant Mashed Potatoes

Canned Sweet Potatoes/Yams

Canned Fruits (pineapple, peaches, mixed fruit, pears, applesauce, cranberries))

Canned vegetables (corn, peas, spinach, sting beans, potatoes)

Nuts/Raisins/Dry Fruit

Baking goods (flour, sugar and apple pie filling, boxed pie crust, cake mixes, frosting, corn muffin mix)

Boxed pudding and Jello 

Coffee, tea, hot chocolate

New unwrapped toys, gifts for especially for teens, mittens, gloves and hats for children of all ages, wrapping paper, bows and tape will also help us spread some cheer to our friends and neighbors who come to the pantry. 

Always welcome – tuna, pasta, cereal, canned tomato sauce, canned beans, boxed mac and cheese

In addition, we also offer an opportunity to donate through holiday/all occasion greeting cards.  The holiday gift cards work this way:  A donor sends/gives a beautiful “occasion” card to the chosen recipient, fills out the receipt slip and mails the donation and the slip back to St. Mary’s.  The donated money all goes directly to the cost of operating the pantry and the recipient of the card has the pleasure of knowing that a bag of groceries went to a needy family in their name.

The cards are a wonderful and thoughtful gift for those hard to buy for folks on your list and are greatly appreciated by those that receive them.  They make thoughtful teacher gifts or maybe a gift for that after school instructor or the sitter. The sympathy cards bring comfort to a family that has lost a loved one. 

Gift cards may be purchased by sending an e-mail with the subject, “gift card” to stmarysmlfoodpantry@yahoo.com. or through the website at www.cfpstmarysmoheganlake.com. Cards are $20 each or 3 for $50.  All proceeds benefit the pantry.  We will mail you the cards, so include mailing address. Cards may also be purchased and picked up at the church office during office hours Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 am to 2 pm.