10/05/2021
FOOD FOR FRIENDS
Hi, we are Alexa and Andrew, sophomores at Newtown High School. We both live on Charter Ridge and we have started a program called “Food for Friends” which is designed to help our neighborhood families support Faith Food Pantry thought our collection. We know that the drop off times at the food pantry can be times where you are not available or you don’t think you have enough to drop off at any one time. We’re here to help with that and with so many in our community that are food insecure, especially after these past few years, we think this is the right time to make it a little easier for all.
The plan is simple!
1.) Let us know you’d like to participate by emailing us. We will leave you a Food for Friends bag. You absolutely do not need to donate each week. When you have something to donate, great!
2.) On Fridays, when you are taking your recycling to the end of your driveway and you have something to donate, just leave it in your provided bag near your mailbox.
3.) We will be driving around the neighborhood looking for our collection bags on Friday afternoons/evenings. If yours is out, we’ll take the items out and leave your empty bag in your mailbox.
4.) We will deliver all the weekly donations to the food pantry. Simple!
So how do you participate? Well, just send either of us an email or text with your address and we’ll drop off a bag!
The needs of the food pantry can change. We may send an update every now and then to let you know what those needs may be however, the list on this page includes items that are always in demand.
Items often needed:
• Paper and cleaning supplies
• Beef stew, Sloppy Joe, canned chili
• Pasta & Pasta Sauce
• Macaroni & Cheese
• Packaged rice and pasta dishes
• Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Cereals
• Canned Fruit
• Cookies & Crackers
• Bottled Juices
• Brownie, Cookie & Cake mixes
• Coffee
• Toiletries
• Pet food
Maybe they are having a buy one/get one free sale at the grocery store and you can keep one for yourself and save one for our collection!
If you’d like to donate a gift card, please just put it in an envelope in your collection bag.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Andrew & Alexa
CONTACT INFO:
Andrew Piccuillo
(203) 892-0896
[email protected]
Alexa Manfredonia
(203) 313-6282
[email protected]
