Current Pantry Needs
Our Pantry always needs non-perishable food and sundries, and we are very grateful to receive your donations. Check out the various ways you can support our food programs!
Match Challenge for the Pantry!
Make a donation today and select “Match Challenge – Pantry” from the drop down menu! |
Pantry
These are our current needs for the Pantry
Food |
Personal Hygiene |
Paper Goods/Cleaning Products |
Canned Fruit | Shampoo | Toilet Paper |
Cereal & Oatmeal | Conditioner | Laundry detergent |
Canned tomato products | Toothbrushes | Dishwashing Liquid |
Rice (no large/family sizes) | Toothpaste | All purpose household cleaners |
Pasta & Spaghetti | Razors | |
Peanut Butter | Deodorant | |
Canned Chicken | Bar soap | |
Canned Tuna | Feminine Hygiene Products | |
Flour (5 lbs or smaller) | Baby Diapers | |
Almond Milk | Baby Wipes | |
Coconut Milk |
- Why non-food items? Because, these are things that cannot be purchased with food stamps and in order to stay healthy, individuals and families need these items too.
You can also make a online, secure financial donation, and select “Pantry” from the drop-down menu.
Snack Packs
During the school year, Tri-Lakes Cares partners with local schools to provide snacks to children over the weekends, who are on the free and/or reduced meal plans. Currently, we are providing snacks to approximately 400 children on a weekly basis.
These are the items which are most needed to fulfill these needs. If donating, please make sure the items are all single serve packs. You can also make a online, secure financial donation, and select “Snack Pack program” from the drop-down menu.
Snack Pack: All single serve items
Applesauce cups
Fruit cups (packed in juice or water)
Veggie straws
Granola bars
Cheese and/or Peanut Butter crackers
Pretzels
Pudding Cups
Single serving cereal boxes
Nuts
Fruit snacks
Sun chips
TrailĀ mix packs
Goldfish packets
Buy It Forward
Here’s an easy way to support our Pantry!
On the first weekend of every month (unless there is a holiday, and then it is on the second weekend), King Soopers on Baptist Road hosts our “Buy It Forward” table.
Beginning at 12 Noon on Friday through Sunday evening (or until all the bags are sold), pre-packed bags of 3 to 5 items and usually costing less than $6.00 per bag are available.
You pick up one of the bags as you enter, do your shopping and at check out pay for the bag. Keep part of the receipt for tax purposes and drop the bag off at the designated area. Volunteers then deliver the bags to our pantry on Monday morning.
It’s that easy – you get your shopping done and you help stock our shelves as well!
Summer Gardens
Are you a home gardener? Do you always plant more than you can use? If so, we are more than happy to accept your donations of excess home-grown produce for our “Help Yourself” market. (Now you don’t have to sneak that extra zucchini to your neighbor’s porch!)
Holiday Food
Every year, Tri-Lakes Cares provides holiday food baskets to our eligible clients at Thanksgiving and at Christmas. Please check back in September/October to see what we will need to fill these food baskets.
Donation drop-off hours
Monday & Thursday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Fridays, 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon
Please call 719-481-4864, x 111 to arrange for donation drop-offs outside of these hours.
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