The NEEDS pantry was open for a fifth Tuesday and a fifth Thursday last month — and busy every day. In fact, the pantry served more people in October than in any month this year!
Here are the latest totals:
During the month of October, the NEEDS pantry provided food to 223 families – for a total of 772 people!
NEEDS also provided emergency financial assistance to 16 families, distributing $7105.00 to cover housing, utilities, and other urgent expenses.
Click HERE to learn more about how you can help our neighbors in need!
November brings the wonderful, family-focused holiday of Thanksgiving. But the families we serve are unlikely to have turkeys on their tables. They will most likely make do with the chicken breast or drumsticks we offer. Can you help them fill out their meals, and provide the personal and household items they need?
Nonperishable Food: Canned sweet potatoes / yams Packaged stuffing Packaged potato mixes Canned cranberry sauce Canned pasta with meat (Spaghettios, ravioli, etc.) Packaged pasta sides
Home and Personal Care: Laundry and dish detergent Diapers (sizes 4-7)
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church, either at the drive-through during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00), or in the marked boxes at each entrance. You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
All Saints Catholic Church recently held a Service Blitz Day, completing projects for eight local nonprofits — including NEEDS! Volunteers worked hard to give the pantry a much-needed deep cleaning.
Pantry coordinator Janie shared this note to the team:
“Thank you, thank you, thank you once again for including NEEDS in your Service Blitz Day this year. We really look forward to this event, as it gives us the opportunity to get some help with a deep cleaning of our pantry. Your wonderful team of eight did such a great job of cleaning our refrigerators and freezers by carefully taking everything out, wiping down the shelves, and putting it all back in. They then did a thorough mopping of the floors. The pantry is SPOTLESS!!
The All Saints congregation does so much for the NEEDS pantry with your regular bi-monthly donations and financial support. This service event is a great way to get additional help from your volunteers and to introduce them to our pantry. We love having families participate with their children. It’s important to instill the love of service at such a young age. Please know that you all have played a critical role in helping us serve over 2000 families last year. The NEEDS volunteers and all the neighbors we serve thank you!”
Click HERE to learn more about how you can help NEEDS serve our community!
Home and Personal Care: Deodorant (men’s and women’s) Laundry and dish detergent
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00). You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
More than 30 families came to NEEDS for emergency financial assistance in September – a sharp increase over the previous month. The pantry also remained busy, serving hundreds of people.
Here are the latest totals:
During the month of September, the NEEDS pantry provided food to 178 families – for a total of 588 people!
NEEDS also provided emergency financial assistance to 37 families, distributing $14,334.00 to cover housing, utilities, and other urgent expenses.
Click HERE to learn more about how you can help our neighbors in need.
The NEEDS pantry serves hundreds of people each month. You can help by donating some of our most-needed items!
Nonperishable Food: Chicken and beef soups Hamburger and Tuna Helper Canned pasta with meat (Spaghettios, Beefaroni, ravioli, etc.) Canned pineapple Canned mixed vegetables
Home and Personal Care: Deodorant (men’s and women’s) Laundry and dish detergent Sanitary pads
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00). You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
Our pantry coordinators recently shared, “Children may be small, but they can be mighty. The kindergarten through fifth grade students of Indian Hill Church’s Vacation Bible School proved that this August.
Molly Milligan, coordinator of the program, reached out to NEEDS to request a speaker to talk to the students about the mission and work of NEEDS. She and her team also encouraged students and their families to collect food during the week to donate to NEEDS on the program’s final day. Their efforts focused on peanut butter and boxed cereal, currently most needed items at the pantry. Every item donated helped to restock empty pantry shelves for the coming weeks.”
A big thank you to the families of Indian Hill Church! Click HERE to learn more about how you can help NEEDS serve our community.
NEEDS is holding our annual Student Assistance Drive!
In just a few weeks, students in the Deer Park, Sycamore, and Princeton districts will return to school – but many families in these districts cannot afford school supplies, or even necessities like food and clothing. NEEDS is seeking donations of gift cards and money to help purchase supplies for the beginning of the school year, and to provide students with warm winter clothing in December. You can help!
What to donate: – Gift cards from stores such as Walmart, Target, and Kroger – Visa and Mastercard gift cards – Gas cards (many families live in areas where busing is not available) – Check (marked for Student Assistance Drive)
Please mail your gift card or check to: NEEDS c/o Kenwood Baptist Church 8341 Kenwood Rd Cincinnati OH 45236
Personal Care: Deodorant (men’s and women’s) Toothpaste Shampoo Pump hand soap
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00). You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
