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How the winter pantry appeal works
Every November the pantry shelves empty faster than we can fill them. Here is what the $18,400 goal pays for, and how we report on it.
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What a weekly visit actually looks like
An hour, once a week, with the same neighbor. Jordan, who coordinates our visitors, on what happens in that hour and why it matters.
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Saturday clean-up: forty-two bags from Orchard Lane
Nineteen volunteers, three hours and forty-two bags. The first Saturday clean-up of the year, and where we are going next.
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Friday supper, from the kitchen
Tess, who runs our kitchen, on cooking for ninety with whatever the pantry has spare, and the neighbor who taught her to make it stretch.
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Why we don’t ask anyone to prove they need help
No forms, no referrals, no questions at the pantry door. It is the rule people ask us about most, and the one we are least willing to change.
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Thank you: our volunteers of the year
1,260 people gave 38,400 hours last year. We cannot thank all of them by name, so here are four who stood for the rest.
