Awesome things developing here at Twelve Baskets Food Pantry. This past month we had several great things happen. We had the 5th grade classes of Kalamazoo Christian Middle School come and help us stock and unload trucks. We were done in record time!! We appreciated their help.

Not only did we have these sweet children helping us, we also had this fun FedEx group of volunteers helping us with distribution!!! We loved making new friends with them. It is truly incredible how the community comes together when there is a need. We always welcome new volunteers with open arms.We are blessed every month with volunteers from The Bridge Church and this month Pathfinder Church also sent volunteers.

We have also had some pretty big donations this past month. Meijer on Shaver Road in Portage donated a generous gift card and we used it to stock up on peanut butter since it was on sale for 99 cents a jar!!! We got over 300 jars of peanut butter!!!! Thank you so much Meijer for the awesome gift card just in time for this great sale! We also got a great donation of meat from the Landsdale Family!!! We love getting meat donations. We go through a lot of meat here at Twelve Baskets Food Pantry. Another awesome donation we had this past month is from the Krugh Family. They got us lots of pasta sauce and sloppy joe sauce. These make easy meals for our clients. Thank you so much to The Krugh Family for your continued support in helping STOMP OUT HUNGER in our community.

We also had the Girl Scouts raise money to buy us a new stand up freezer!!! How awesome is that!!!??? Way to go girls!! We greatly appreciate all the work you did to raise the money for this needed freezer for our pantry.

We have some awesome events coming up this year. The two biggest ones are our Annual Plant/Flower Sale located right here at Twelve Baskets Food Pantry May 18th at 9 am and will be open until 3 pm or until we sell out!! Come shop for beautiful flowers and plants that are donated from some of the great greenhouses around town. This year we will also have a bake sale and when you bring an item to donate you will receive a raffle ticket for your chance to win great prizes!

We are looking for more people to join our team of drivers. If you are reliable and able to lift up to 50 pounds and are looking for something to do in our community join our volunteer team!! Must have a valid drivers license and able to lift boxes repeatedly in and out of our vans. For more information on joining our driving team please email us at twelvebaskets10332@gmail.com

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