Collection: November 8 – December 6

Delivery: December 12

Are you looking for a way to help a family or individual in need this holiday season? Our Food Basket Project is the perfect way to do that. Every year we collect grocery items and then pack them in baskets and deliver them to people are the community, just in time for Christmas. Here are the details:

• LOAD UP

  your grocery cart with some or all of the non-perishable food items on the shopping list to the right. Place store bought items in the large food baskets conveniently located at each entrance of the church building.

• PAY UP

  by dropping a check in the offering plate with Deacon’s Christ-mas Food Basket in the memo line or give on our website. This will help to defray SPC’s cost of purchasing supplies and perishable food items from Safran’s Market.

• SIGN UP

  to deliver food baskets to needy households. The Deacons goal is to recruit 65 delivery volunteer teams to deliver up to 100 food baskets on December 12. Your participation is vital to the outcome of the Christmas Food Basket project. Sign ups for delivery will be available soon.

• SHOW UP

  the morning of Saturday, December 12 between 9 AM -12 PM. Schedule: 1st stop at Safran’s (Walnut St., Sewickley) to pick up perishable items. 2nd proceed to SPC to pick up non-perishable items. Detailed instructions are mailed to all delivery volunteers in the days lead-ing up to December 12 and there is plenty of support the day of delivery. When you arrive at your destination, take the time to warmly greet your recipients. You will surely be blessed by the experience.

If you have any questions, please contact the church office at 412.741.4550.

Below is the list of items we are accepting for donations:

• boxed cereals such as corn flakes & Cheerios
• oatmeal
• ground or instant coffee (no coffee pods, please)
• tea bags
• cocoa/hot chocolate mix
• canned kidney beans, black beans, chickpeas – 16 oz. each
• canned corn, greens beans, yams – 15 oz. each
• canned/prepackaged tuna or chicken in water
• canned soup – 14 oz.
• canned peaches, fruit cocktail – 15 oz. each
• applesauce – individuals or max. 48 oz. jar
• jam/jelly – max. 18 oz.
• mustard, mayo, ketchup – max. 14 oz.
• spaghetti noodle
• spaghetti sauce – max. 28.oz.
• boxed mac & cheese
• fruit snack packets
• raisins – small, snack boxes