New Winter Hours For Twelve Baskets
Good morning Twelve Baskets followers, donors, volunteers, and clients!! We will be opening back up starting with our Free Store Friday, November 13th from 1:30-6:30pm. Our Free Store is open to the public and our clients!! So grab your masks and come shop our Free Store. You will be required to wear your COVID approved mask, sanitized hands before entering, and keeping 6 feet between you and other guests. Our Free Store has items such as clothing (for all sizes and genders), shoes, hats, gloves, blankets, bedding, kitchen items, medicines, adult and child diapers, and feeding tube supplies. We also have toys and much more!
Our first food distribution back from Covid shut down is Saturday, November 14th from 10am until 1pm. We are still having the drive-thru type distribution. Please make sure your trunks are empty and your face masks are worn when talking to our parking lot volunteers. If you do not have room in your trunk you will be asked to go to a different location to unload your trunk before returning for food. You will lose your place in line doing this so please come with an empty trunk so you can get your food the first time.
We were selected once again by Meijer on Shaver Road to participate in the Meijer's Simply Give Program. It started this year on Saturday, October 25th and runs util Saturday January 2nd. The Shaver Road Meijer is OUR DESIGNATED store!!! Please make sure to make your donation at the Shaver Rd store for us to get the funds.
How does the program work you ask? When you are at the checkout, you can had the cashier a simply give card or simply ask the cashier for one. The cashier will scan the barcode and it will add $10 to your receipt. You can have the card scanned as many times as you'd like. Just know that each scan adds $10 to your receipt. Meijer will then double that amount and credit your donation to Twelve Baskets Food Pantry. Each $10 donation equates to $20 for Twelve Baskets!!! Twelve Baskets will be handing out cards and instructions beginning in November, so be sure t ask for them when you are picking up your groceries at Twelve Baskets or visiting the Free Store. Also please share this information with your family and friends to get the word out so we can raise the most possible. Please note on Tuesday, December 1st and Saturday, December 12th Meijer will double their amount so each $10 donated by you will equal $30 back to our pantry. JUST REMEMBER THAT EACH MEIJER STORE HAS THEIR OWN DESIGNATED PANTRY, SO MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THE SHAVER ROAD STORE!!!
To recap on our new winter hours:
Food Distribution is the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month from 2:30-5:30pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from 10am until 1pm
Free Store hours are the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month from 8am until 2pm and the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month fro 1:30-6:30pm. We have also added Tuesdays to our Free Store Hours. Tuesdays from 8am until 2pm the Free Store will also be open. Only 5 people will be allowed into the store at one time. Please sanitize your hands upon entering and wear a mask keeping 6 feet distance from other shoppers. Also please respect the time frame of those around you. Meaning don't take forever looking through the store as we want to be able to get everyone who wants to shop the opportunity before we have to close for the day.
We want to thank all the donors that have been so gracious with their monetary, food, and Free Store donations. We wouldn't be able to have items to give away if it weren't for you. And a big thank you to all our volunteers who work, without pay, to ensure our community is getting fed. We wouldn't be able to give away so much without the help of our volunteers.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please do not hesitate to call or Facebook or email us.
Have a great day!! God Bless all of you.