OCTOBER FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION

The next collection of items for the Ascension Neighbor-to-Neighbor Food Pantry will be held on the weekend of October 18/19.

UPDATE ON DONATIONS FOR FOOD PANTRIES:

As you may have heard, the federal government has cut millions of dollars from US food banks effective immediately. This means hundreds of trucks full of food headed to food banks will go undelivered. This is affecting the Dayton Food Bank and the many local pantries it serves, as well as farmers who are paid to provide their crops to US food banks. Approximately 50-75% of the food that most pantries in the Miami Valley receive is from the Dayton Food Bank, including the Catholic Social Services Pantry and the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Pantry, run by Ascension and Greenmont-Oak Park Church. This means, for the foreseeable future, the pantries will be dependent on donations of nonperishable food items from people like you. The primary need currently is for food items as opposed to toiletries or cleaning products. You may drop off your donations in the bride’s room at Ascension or at the entrances of St. Charles and St. Albert. Thank you for your amazing generosity in supporting our neighbors in need!