CoMo Little Free Pantry - West & Donnelly

10/14/2021

Hello Little Pantry friends! It's that time of year when we could use your help stocking up on hand warmers, hats, gloves, and socks to help keep our unhoused friends warm as the weather begins to change. If you can help out, you can drop contributions by the pantry or porch at 703 West Blvd. N. or send directly to us from our Amazon wishlist.

04/12/2021

Hi Friends! Our toiletry stores are totally depleted! We've reorganized our Amazon wish list to put highest priority items at the top: menstrual products, toothpaste and brushes, soap, sanitizer, baby wipes are all particularly needed by our unhoused friends!

If you prefer not to order from Amazon, porch drops are welcome at 703 West Blvd. N. We store items in our garage and pace them by putting out a few each day.

03/22/2021

This is a great list from our friends at Reborn Blessing pantries! We’re also entering the season when bottled water and Gatorade are much appreciated.

Suggested donations for Reborn Blessing Pantries

01/16/2021

Thanks to some generous friends of the pantry, we were able to put out a bunch of hats, gloves, thick thermal socks, and hand warmer pouches today during the snow!

We are so grateful for the friends and members of our extended community that have been sending us things for the pantry from our Amazon wish list. We've added some additional ideas there this evening:

01/04/2021

Thank you to friends of the pantry Tammy, Maria, JK, Stacie, Lisa, and Kevin for an awesome toiletry restock on lots of menstrual products, cough drops and chapstick, toothpaste and toothbrushes and more! We’re getting some out there each day!

12/28/2020

Good morning! We wanted to repost our Amazon wish list (you can also just look and buy local if you prefer) this morning, as we have a particular need for hand sanitizer, tampons & pads, toothpaste, and socks. Thanks for supporting our little free pantry!

12/26/2020

Happy Boxing Day!

We wanted to let you know about a few items that are super popular at the pantry that are not your usual canned goods. These items are particularly good for unhoused neighbors, and are less frequently donated.

Instant Oats!
Chewy Granola bars or protein bars!
Single serving applesauce cups!
Vienna Sausages!
Pop tab canned fruit!
Peanut butter crackers!
Baby wipes!
Hand warmers!
Bottled water!
Any and all toiletries, especially toothbrushes and paste, lotion, chapstick!
Socks, gloves, and hats!
Hand sanitizer and masks!

12/16/2020

We are so grateful to all the neighbors adding food to our pantry!

Just a gentle reminder to check your dates if you are cleaning out your pantry. A good question is: Would I feel safe eating this myself? If you are getting rid of something because you are worried it will make you sick, it should go in the trash and not the pantry.

Recently we had to clean out from the pantry a number of cans of oysters that expired 8 years ago and a jar of mayonnaise dated to go bad in 2015 that was a startling shade of brown grey.

Food waste sucks, but making our neighbors sick is worse. We appreciate your efforts to save us a bit of work and check your dates!

11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving from the Little Free Pantry!

We have a whole section of Thanksgiving foods out this morning.

Also, a ton of perfectly ripe avocados from Food Not Bombs.

Stop on by and grab what you need!

11/05/2020

FC4C will host three Diaper Drive Thru's in November. If you or someone you know needs diapers, we are here for you!