Food Pantry

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ ” (Matthew 25:35-40)

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St. Patrick Campus: Tuesday 10am – 4pm

St. Anthony Campus: Wednesday 10am – 4pm

We operate two food pantries on a weekly basis, all year round. We are part of the Love in Action network of 10 pantries across the Tri-Cities. We service 20-25 families on average each week, representing 75 80-people, providing over 80,000 meals for the year. Each client receives one week’s worth of food for the month to offer a hand up, not a handout.

Want to volunteer at St. Patrick Church’s Food Pantry? We are looking for help with these tasks:

1. Food distribution. Two or more workers cover 2-hour shifts on Tuesdays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. greeting clients, completing paperwork, and filling grocery requests.

2. Shopping. Shoppers receive a shopping list on Friday or Saturday and then shop for the items listed. Shoppers take turns and are assigned to work once/month. Shopping items need to be
delivered on Monday for Tuesday distribution.

3. Shelf stocking. Stockers work one Monday/month filling in the shelves, checking inventory dates, and arranging items so that the Tuesday distribution workers can easily fill orders.

4. Inventory. Inventory volunteers work on Thursdays picking up the LOVE order, counting shelf items, checking dates, removing out-of-date items, and reporting shopping needs.

5. Put away Feeding America order. Workers work two Wednesdays/month
from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. emptying the Feeding America order from the church van and stowing items in the pantry.

6. Holiday boxes. Workers fill boxes to help clients enjoy the holidays of Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and Easter. This activity occurs about 10 days to two weeks before the holiday so boxes can be distributed in addition to the normal pantry orders.

Holiday food baskets are passed out for parishioners in need and our pantry clients at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.

Feeding America Schedule
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Quarterly distributions which coincide with a Feeding American West Michigan food trucks.

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