How to help

• Get in the habit of bringing your food donations each time you attend Grace and leave your items on the shelves in Neiman Hall for distribution to our partner organizations.
   

• Order from the Walmart Wish List and have items delivered directly to Grace Church. 
   

• Make a donation to "Grace Church" with "Food for Friends" on check’s memo line, or giving online.
   

• Assist with deliveries to our partner organizations. If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Raia Wielandy​

 

 

Shopping List
Food for Friends

Always welcome: Simple, unprocessed foods are best! For canned goods, easy open tabs are preferred. Individual serving sized packets are also always welcomed. Thank you for your generosity! 

• Hearty Soups, Chili, or Stews (preferably low-sodium / high in protein) 

• Canned Meats: Chicken, Spam, Tuna, Vienna Sausages, Sardines, or Salmon

• Peanut Butter

• Canned Vegetables, especially those without added salt

• Canned Beans, including baked beans

• Spaghetti Sauce

• Fruit Cups: fruits canned in juice, unsweetened applesauce, and dried fruit such as raisins or craisins (individual servings preferred)

• Fruit Juice (100% fruit only, please)

• Shelf-Stable Milk or Powdered Milk (smaller pouches preferred)

• Healthy Cereal: Whole grain, low-sugar cereals such as plain instant oatmeal, whole grain Os, and bran flakes

• Pasta: whole grain or enriched pasta

• Rice and Rice Mixes 

• Crackers (individual packets only)

• Chips (individual packets only)

• Condiments such as salad dressings or spreads, ketchup, or mustard

 

Steer clear of these items

• Large containers of anything.
  Smaller, or even individual servings, are preferable.

• Lasagna and stuffed shell pasta

• Stuffing & canned pumpkin

• Pickles

• Cake mixes & frosting

• Flour & shortening