Good Samaritan Food Pantry
Donations to the March Mission of the Month will go to support the Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
Located in Adel, the pantry serves the residents of the ADM School District, the Van Meter School District,
and anyone with a Redfield, Dexter, or Linden address.
Among its services, the pantry provides backpack meals at our schools. A portion of the elementary backpack meals is also supported by the Food Bank of Iowa, but the Good Samaritan Food Pantry provides/pays for all of our high-school backpack meals.
Items particularly needed by the pantry are:
Sugar
Jelly*
Bottled Juice*
Cereal (hot & cold)
Hamburger Helper
Shampoo / conditioner
Toothpaste**
Canned fruits
Flour
Soups
Crackers
Canned meats (tuna, chicken)
Spaghetti Sauce*
Peanut Butter*
* when possible, avoid glass
Place your unopened donation in the marked tub in the church entryway.
Good Samaritan Food Pantry in Adel
Personal Item of the Month
This month's personal item is toothpaste.
Please place your donation in the marked tub in the church entryway, or note "food pantry"
on your donation check and we will use the money to buy this for the pantry.
Learn more about the food pantry here and here.
Inspiration Cards
The Food Bank of Iowa gives more than 4,000 backpack bag lunches each week to children. Each contains
an inspiration card created by someone in the community. Our missions team will have a card-making station at the conference table in the overflow area. Church members, youth group, and JAM kids can create these cards after each service in March and on Wednesday evenings.
Bags for Bidwell
The Bidwell Pantry needs used grocery bags to help pantry guests carry their groceries.
The bags can be paper, cloth, or the usual plastic. Since the pantry serves an average
of 5,000 individuals a month and each shopper uses 2-3 bags, they need a lot of bags.
There's a tub in the church entryway where you can put your donated bags. We plan to
continue collecting these throughout the year, so please keep bringing them in.
