Food Bank and Food Baskets
Our goal this year is to have each member bring at least one non-perishable food
item to each meeting (more than one is great too!).
Items always needed include peanut butter, jelly, cereals, canned fruits,
and cookie/cake mixes.
There is a signup sheet for the food baskets for Easter. If you know of any family that is going through a hard time and would benefit from a basket, please contact Cyndi or Donna.
Northford Women's Club Delivers Holiday Food Baskets
The Northford Women's Club, through its Special Interests committee, is reaching out to a few needy families in our town during the holidays with generous food baskets filled with non-perishable and holiday side dishes, hams, and/or turkeys. With the help of Northford Women's Club members, the Club will provide gift baskets to several families during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter holidays. A highly organized process ensures that each basket has a variety of items. A month in advance, an announcement goes out to Club members for donations
of non-perishable foods and baked goods. Donna and Cyndi, chairmen of this committee, solicit hams
and turkeys from Club members to add to the baskets. Just before a holiday,Donna and Cyndi shop for items to supplement donations for the food 
baskets, separate the items for each family, and deliver the baskets to
club members to distribute to needy families on a confidential basis.
The Club will donate food baskets piled with food for
several needy families on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. The committee
collecting for the foodbaskets has a signup sheet for anyone interested
in donating food items, such as canned foods, breads, pies, turkeys, and
hams.
Anyone wishing to donate to the Food Bank should bring items to the General Assembly meeting. The following items are in need to help stock their shelves:
- Cake Mixes
- Frosting
- Canned Fruit
- Cereal
- Juice
- Mayo
- Salad dressing
- White rice
- Instant potatoes
- Canned tomatoes
- Pasta sauces
- Beef stew
- Chili
- Instant soup
- Macaroni and cheese
- canned macaroni
- Tea
- Coffee
- Bottled water
- Shampoo
- Toothpaste
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels
- Napkins