Friends of Leeds Outreach, our requests for food have been very high for months for the Leeds Outreach Pantry Needs.  We thought when school opened and some of the families children have free lunches it would reduce the requests but it did not.  In fact we are seeing a lot of new families weekly.

Greatest Needs:

Toilet paper (We have been without for days on end and only give out 2 or 3 rolls when we have it.)

Bath soap (Only give one bar and usually have to buy soap monthly)

Peanut butter and jelly

Canned meats (SPAM or other luncheon meats, beef stew, chicken and chicken/dumplings, tuna, Vienna sausages, corned beef)

Lunch meats, sausages, wieners, bologna, ground beef (have refrigerator and freezer space)

Self-rising flour, corn meal, sugar, oil or cooking spray

Canned black-eye peas, limas, green peas, spinach, greens, northern, pinto and navy beans, pork and beans, and dried limas, northern, black-eye peas, pintos  

Canned soups and chili, especially chicken noodle, and cream soups for cooking

I have attached a copy of the Pantry Needs that we use when we have a food drive at the local stores.  The needs are always great during the holiday seasons coming up.  We thank you for your help.  If any of you could volunteer about 3 hours one day a week call us at 699-7291. 

Thank you and we pray for your assistance.

Barbara Higginbotham, Director, Leeds Outreach