The Seven Loaves Food Pantry served 54 client families on Thursday, 06 September 2012 between 4:00 PM and 6:30 PM. One client family is defined as from one person to nine people. Each client family received fresh pears in addition to selections from the personal shopping table, eggs, frozen meats, one number-one and one number-two bag of food items for each family member. The number-one bag of food typically contains canned protein (tuna, chicken, salmon, chili, stew, SPAM©, or ham) and three cans of fruit (apple sauce, pears, peaches, mixed fruit, Mandarin oranges, etc.). The number-two bag of food typically contains four canned vegetables or soups, beans (typically a bag of dried beans when available otherwise two cans of beans), and a grain (rice) or pasta (spaghetti with a can of spaghetti sauce or macaroni and cheese). The content of the bags of food changes according to what is in stock in the panty. In the past week, this food pantry was stocked with canned peaches after being out of canned fruit for several weeks.

This food pantry located in St. Andrew United Methodist Church of Plano, Texas served one client in April 2009. It now serves more than 600 clients each week. Between April 2009 and July 2012 this food pantry served 50,000 clients and 3,762 volunteer hours have been donated to this food pantry. The Seven Loaves Food Pantry stresses radical hospitality.

Donations of canned fruit (size 303 cans preferred), pasta, and rice would be a tremendous help for the Seven Loaves Food pantry at this time. Donations should be delivered to St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 5801 W. Plano Parkway, Plano, Texas 75093; items are collected on the east side of the campus in the first floor hallway of the Education building at the entrance to the Youth Commons – enter through the doors at the north end of the Education building. Receipts for donations are available.

Official information about the Seven Loaves Food Pantry & Community Center is available at http://www.7loavescommunity.org/home.html and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seven-Loaves-Food-Pantry-Community-Center/136331916471019. For more information, call 469-385-1813 or email: [email protected]




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