Mission Board News May 2021

 

Food Pantry Stories from those who we serve

Many families on the mountain have workers who drive long distances from Watsonville, Salinas or even Seaside to work on the properties of Los Gatos mountain residents.
The long commutes and long hours do not allow these workers to spend much time shopping for food or seeing their families. 
The Little Food Pantry is now serving many of these workers who often carpool together due to lack of transportation. 
They are so thankful. 
This is the photo of one appreciative worker who helped weed whack the church today as a thank you for his weekly food donations.
What a nice place to make new friends.

We are feeding 44 apartments of strawberry pickers too.  Each week we get lovely boxes of strawberries to share with our volunteers too.  What a treat!

If you are interested in volunteering, practicing your Spanish or being a substitute food delivery person or food pantry volunteer, please reach out to: Shannonedwards14@gmail.com
It feels good and it takes a village!

We will start finding a new way to create the pantry off the porch for our post- covid days. We will need artists, builders and designers to help with the process. The Trustees will supervise this with the Mission Board.
Thanks for a lovely March all!  Want to donate? Feel free to give cash to help us create the new shed for the pantry. Or we always need dishwashing and clothes powder, cooking oil, flour, sugar, coffee, toothbrushes, jam, cereal, snacks, pasta or pasta sauce, tuna or anything else that would make your appetite happy!
Thanks! Mission Board, Shannon Edwards, John Heyes, Renee Presler and Bonnie Cloyd and all the other 20 wonderful volunteers filling the pantry.

If you would like to help with financial donations to the Little Free Food Pantry please click on the Donate Link below:

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Skyland Community Church, United Church of Christ
25100 Skyland Road
Los Gatos, CA 95033
phone: 408-353-1310
USPS mail: Skyland Church
P.O. Box 245
Los Gatos, CA 95031-0245
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