Many thanks to Youth from Trinity United Methodist Church and Youth Pastor Megan Croy! They volunteered time to cleaning and stocking the shelves at CUP this morning. Their help is much appreciated. They did an amazing job!
We need more volunteers, and we have a wide range of tasks and very flexible times. If you are interested in seeing how you or your group can help, email limacup1@gmail.com or contact the CUP board member at one of our partner churches.
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Mark your calendar for MAY 28th when SIX bands will be rocking Shawnee Alliance Church, all to benefit CUP.
Doors open at 4 pm, and the music starts at 5. Donation of 2 personal care items for admittance.
The United States Post Office teamed up with local food pantries to Stamp Out Hunger today. Ten teams of CUP volunteers, in conjunction with the post office, picked up donations left throughout Lima neighborhoods. CUP director Mary Stepleton was thrilled to report that CUP’s tally for the day was ten full grocery carts. Postal workers also collected donations which will go to the West Ohio Food Bank for distribution to other area food pantries.
Stepleton offered high praise to CUP volunteer Suzanne Plumb, who organized CUP’s participation in the event.
Last month, CUP provided food for nearly 2000 people in Lima. The bulk of the organization’s support comes from its local church partners and events such as the USPS’ Stamp Out Hunger event.
The next CUP event will be a concert at Shawnee Alliance Church on May 28. SIX bands will be rocking Shawnee Alliance Church, all to benefit CUP.
Doors open at 4 pm, and the music starts at 5. Donation of 2 personal care items for admittance.
CUP was thrilled to present 13 people with skillets at today’s Cooking with CUP demonstration. CUP director Mary Stepleton showed participants how to make a tasty dish using ingredients that they could get at the food pantry.
The skillets were donated by people who attend the churches that support CUP and by CUP’s Facebook supporters. This was the first time CUP has done this type of event, and Mary Stepleton characterized it as being “like Christmas” for the people involved in it. The event was part of the daily events scheduled throughout October by the mental health and homeless support organization Changing Seasons to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed and homeless in Lima.
Many thanks to everyone who donated–you’ve made someone’s supper much better!
Enjoy your favorite homestyle cooking while supporting CUP! Bring this flier to Bob Evans on Nov. 21 or 22 and Bob Evans will donate 15% of your purchase to CUP. Click the link below for an easy to print version of the flier, or contact one of our partner churches for a copy of it. And invite your friends and neighbors! Note: this is good only at the CABLE ROAD Bob Evans in Lima.
Are you up for a challenge? Churches United Pantry has an idea that you could help bring to life!That’s where your generosity comes in. We’d like to be able to give electric skillets to the men from the Y who come to the demonstration, but we need donations of skills. And, while we’re dreaming–we’d like Teflon spatulas and spoons so we can give them tools to use with the skillets. Small to mid-sized new skillets with tools to use them–that’s what we’re asking for. Could you spread the word in your organizations, your church congregations, in your Sunday Schools classes, groups and clubs, and collect their donations?
What: Drive to Get New Electric Skillets and Teflon Tools (spatula & spoon) for the Men Living At the Y
When: Deadline: Oct 15
Where: CUP Pantry
Who: Contact limacup1@gmail.com or bring donations to CUP
Why: Because Everyone Deserves a Hot Meal
Thanks for your support of this project and for your ongoing support!
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