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ACTS Shelves Need Restocking – Please Help By Donating!

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Consider purchasing an item or two for ACTS the next time you’re at the grocery store – their inventory is low, but the need remains high!

Any non-perishable food would be appreciated, but here are some items they would especially like to have:

 

  • peanut butter
  • jelly
  • spaghetti noodles
  • spaghetti sauce
  • tomato sauce
  • Jiffy corn muffin mix
  • pasta noodles
  • instant potatoes
  • saltine crackers
  • Ritz crackers
  • cereal
  • mixed veggies
  • beef soup
  • vegetable soup
  • tomato soup
  • rice
  • canned pears
  • beans, including:

pinto beans, vegnavy beans, Great Northern beans, blackeye peas, field peas, pork and beans, red beans, chili beans, cannellini beans, red and white kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, baked beans, chili w/ beans, chili w/o beans

  • canned vegetables, including:

carrots, yams, lima beans, okra, cabbage, squash, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, mixed greens, creamed corn, diced tomatoes, green peas

  • canned chicken, beef, pork, ham, luncheon meat

 

ACTS is located at 201 S. William St. Call 252.492.8231 to learn more.

Please Donate: ACTS Pantry Shelves “Dangerously Low – Again”

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ACTS, the local food pantry, needs donations, and director Lee Anne Peoples has issued a plea on social media, along with some suggestions to create friendly competitions among different groups in the community. Peoples said the shelves are “dangerously low again,” and has asked for help.

“Please consider picking up a few of these items or even making it a friendly competition between churches, Sunday School classes, couples in a Supper Club, co-workers or any other groups, to see who can collect the most items,” Peoples wrote in a social media post Thursday.

Items may be brought to the food pantry, located at 201 S. William St. any weekday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Call 252.492.8231 to learn more.

The list below contains suggestions. Please consider placing a couple of extra items in your shopping cart this weekend to donate to ACTS, which also serves a hot lunch during the week in addition to distributing boxes of shelf-stable food to those in need.

 

  • Items needed:
  • Ramen noodles
  • Pudding cups
  • Any type of canned meat
  • Canned fruit
  • Sized packs of cookies
  • Any type of canned soups
  • Packs of crackers
  • Juice pouches
  • Small boxes of cereal
  • Instant oatmeal packets
  • Dry pasta
  • Sugar – white or brown
  • Canned potatoes
  • 18 oz jar peanut butter
  • 18-20 oz jelly
  • Canned yams
  • Canned baked beans or pork & beans
  • Canned beans – black eyed peas and pinto
  • Crackers, in sleeves
  • Canned greens (collards spinach, turnips, etc.)
  • Canned diced tomatoes, carrots, peas
  • Dried beans
  • Canned mixed vegetables and creamed corn
  • #10 (gallon) cans of any fruit or vegetable
ACTS of Henderson Food Pantry

ACTS of Henderson Announces Food Pantry, Volunteer Needs

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-Information courtesy ACTS of Henderson

ACTS of Henderson is currently in need of the following items: boxed pasta, 18 oz. jars peanut butter, any type of canned fruit, canned diced tomatoes, canned soups, canned spaghetti sauce, jelly, canned beans (like pinto, navy, great northern, black-eyed peas, etc.), canned vegetables (like peas, carrots, any type of greens, mixed vegetables, peas & carrots, etc.), canned meats (like chicken, tuna, salmon, beef stew, chicken & dumplings, etc. – especially those with pull tops), canned baked beans.

Items may be dropped off at the ACTS location at 201 South Williams Street in Henderson any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. If you need to drop off at a time other than this, please call ACTS at (252) 492–8231 to make arrangements.

Volunteers are also needed any days from 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call ACTS at (252) 492-8231 for more details on volunteer opportunities or visit ACTS of Henderson on Facebook to stay updated on current needs.