Ellen Engel The foods that are high priority for Matthew’s Crossing are as follows: peanut butter, canned meat/tuna, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Vienna sausage, applesauce cups, cereal, macaroni and cheese (Easy Mac), ramen noodles, pasta, and soup. These foods represent the staples that can go into every box of food that is requested. There are…
Tag: Reach Out Sun Lakes
Generals, January 2022
Reach Out Sun Lakes Begins 15th Year of Food Collection for Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank
Ellen Engel Reach Out Sun Lakes started collecting for Matthew’s Crossing at the beginning of 2008, and we have continued for 15 years. We have had many volunteers over the years, and we are so grateful for their support. Many new things are happening at Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank (MCFB). With our donations and many…
Generals, November 2021
Reach Out Sun Lakes Continues to Collect for Matthew’s Crossing
We now have more groups opening their doors again and have welcomed us back to collect food for Matthew’s Crossing. Since January of 2008, we have collected food and money from several groups and delivered it to Matthew’s Crossing. We were unable to continue to collect after everything closed due to the pandemic. After a…
Generals, June 2020
Reach Out Sun Lakes Helps Feed the Hungry
Ellen Engel I received an email from Matthew’s Crossing letting me know that they have been receiving an uptick in donations from Sun Lakes. Our groups, the Bridge Club, Democratic Club, Unity Church, and Jewish Community are emailing their members to remind them about the need for donations. At Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, they see…
Generals, January 2020
Matthew’s Crossing Provides Hunger Relief for College Students
Ellen Engel Contributions to Matthew’s Crossing make it possible for approximately 150 college students to have access to hunger relief. Hunger on college and university campuses is alarming. Matthews’ Crossing supports food closets at two community colleges and two universities. Donating to Matthew’s Crossing allows you an Arizona tax credit gift of up to $800…
Generals, March 2019
“Reach Out” Food Drive for Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank
Ellen Engel We lost one of our volunteers in January. Paul McNeese had been volunteering with us for 10 years and was an amazing contributor to our volunteer group. We will miss his contribution to “Reach Out Sun Lakes” that began back in January 2009. Food banks have been struggling to keep up with…
Features, February 2019
Reach Out Sun Lakes and The Magic of Raymond for Matthew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Sun Lakes had a very special contribution to Matthew’s Crossing on January 6. “The Magic of Raymond” (Ray Texeira, a Sun Lakes resident) performed at Sun Lakes Country Club for the benefit of two charities. It was an amazing show. Matthew’s Crossing was a recipient of $1,245.00 from the benefit. We all are…
Generals, December 2018
Food Bank needs food for holiday season
Ellen Engel Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank is located in Chandler. Here are some statistics on hunger in Maricopa County. More than 623,300 (16.5%) people live in poverty. Twenty-six percent of those living in poverty are children! Nearly 1,138,000 (29%) are the “working poor.” We are in the holiday season. Matthew’s Crossing volunteers are getting…
Generals, November 2018
Fall begins with generous donations to Chandler Food Bank
The regular monthly food and cash donation program on behalf of Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank continued last month with its first October pickup at the Duplicate Bridge Club meeting on the 2nd, where Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) volunteers picked up 28 pounds of staple foods and $157.00 in cash donations from enthusiastic Sun…
Features, October 2018
Reach Out Sun Lakes continues to produce for Mathew’s Crossing
Ellen Engel Because of a deadline conflict last month, we did not report on our progress in collecting Reach Out Sun Lakes donations of food and cash, so here are the aggregate results for the two-month period covering August and September. Combined food donations (staple goods) totaled 538 pounds, and cash contributions (used by…