​Gifts of Food

​We appreciate gifts of food and help any time of the year, but don’t want to waste food or your time, so we ask that you follow our guidelines and check with our volunteer coordinator at [email protected] before delivering food (to coordinate for drop off and to learn how much to prepare) or before arriving to volunteer.

Assisting at Meals
Small groups (no more than three) who wish to help out at a dinner are welcome. Please arrive at 5:30 pm. We are in special need of volunteers during summer months.

Food for Meals
If you would like to donate food, please consider the following:

• Saturday meals. Prepare lunch bags containing the following:
  
  • A sandwich with no pork products but made from a turkey product and cheese or pb and jelly. No spread on the sandwich but please add small packets of mustard or mayonnaise and add a small snack such as wrapped packages of cheese and crackers, cookies, or granola bars and a soda or bottle of water.
• Other meals
  • Sweet treats. Individual paper bags filled with wrapped candy, cookies, nuts and other treats. You can also come in person (no more than 3 people) with a tray of cookies, cupcakes or pre-cut sheet cakes to give to our guests.
    
  • Fruit and/or salad
    
  • Bananas that are ripe but not overly or under ripened.
    
  • Clementines or oranges that are easy to peel.
    
  • Cantaloupe or watermelon pre-cut into serving sizes.
    
  • Green chopped salads with easy to chew veggies along with dressing in bottles.
    
  • Please NO hard to bite into fruits (such as apples) or veggies (such as carrots).
    
• Bulk packaged food donations. NO domestic sizes please
  
  • Restaurant sized frozen packages of vegetables (2.5 pounds or more)
    
  • Size 10 cans of fruits or vegetables