Donations continue to arrive though we still need about 300 more to meet our minimum goals.
The more the merrier because one location can take up to 3,000 potholders!
With 2 weeks to go, Burke UMC has already met their goal of receiving 200 potholders to share with families in need. Woo hoo!! Whatever Burke receives between now and distribution day will be redirected to one of the other 2 pantries distributing Thanksgiving meal boxes.
Last weekend, I visited with Burke UMC to tag, bag, and organize potholder donations. Here are images of volunteers prepping to receive their Saturday morning clients followed by images of the potholders being prepped for Thanksgiving distribution.
Donate today!
Potholder donations can be mailed to:
c/o Burke UMC 6200 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015
ACTC Attn: Tammy, 116 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Towson, MD 21204
These 2 recipient food pantry locations are staffed daily and accept donations directly by mail or in-person drop-off. If they receive more than they need, they will work with me to get extras to the third location. No worries about receiving too many b/c one of the locations can take up to 3,000 potholders! They are an Association of Churches serving multiple locations. This year’s goal is for us to help them serve one of the many locations they are connected to. Any ‘extra’ will first go to serving a second location and so on.
The November 14 deadline includes wiggle room
One pantry plans to distribute Thanksgiving food boxes on Saturday, 11/19, and another on Monday and Tuesday, 11/21 and 11/22. The third location distributes on Wednesday, 11/23. If you can get your contributions to us on or before November 14, we will have plenty of time for tagging, bagging, and making sure each location has what they need.
THANK YOU
to all the wonderful weavers out there for sharing your time, talent, and care with families that you will likely never meet. This is what we humans do when we are at our best. Namaste.
Questions? Email Beth at THXGPP@gmail.com