GFWC Temple Terrace Juniors Launch Drive to Benefit Food Pantry

GFWC Temple Terrace Juniors Launch Drive to Benefit Food Pantry

                The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club will hold its first annual food drive to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at Corpus Christi Church on May 18. Members of the Club will drop brown paper bags off at homes in Temple Terrace the week of May 12 for “curb side pickup” on May 18.

                According to representatives and volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry the food pantry gets critically low on many items at this time of year.  It is especially important in the summer months when children are not getting school meals and need to receive nutritious food at home.

                Recommended items for donation include canned fruit and vegetables, soup and ramen noodles, canned spaghetti, ravioli, dry pasta and tomato sauce, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, rice, cereals, canned meats like tuna, beef stew and corned beef.  Also needed are jello, powdered milk, crackers, sugar, cake mixes and frosting, baby diapers, toilet paper and soap.  No breakable containers please!

                The Juniors are requesting that all donated food  be placed in bags by your mailbox by 10 a.m on Saturday, May 18 .  In addition, donations can be dropped off at the St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Pantry at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 9715 N. 56^th Street in Temple Terrace.  Monetary donations can be mailed to GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club c/o St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, P.O. Box 16206, Temple Terrace, 33687.

                For more information about this event, please contact Mindy DeVane, 813-988-3453 or mdevane@tampabay.rr.com.

                The St. Vincent de Paul Society was founded in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam to feed and clothe the poor.  The group was named for St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), the “Father of the Poor” and Patron of charitable societies.

                The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club is a non-profit service organization of volunteers who focus on leadership development through community service. The Club encourages all women, ages 18 and up, to join us.  We meet on the third Thursday of the month (except June and July) at 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. social time) at Woodmont Clubhouse, 415 Woodmont Avenue, Temple Terrace, Florida 33617. Locally, the Club supports many community projects with donations of volunteered time and money including the Temple Terrace Public Library, Adopt-a-Highway, American Cancer Society Relay for Life Temple Terrace, the Book Exchange at Terrace Reads, 4th of July Parade, Tampa Hope Lodge, Operation Smile, The Heifer Project, and many others