Fairfax Church of Christ

We are excited to start planning for the next Basic Needs Giveaway in the Fall of 2010.  Please mark your calendars for Saturday, September 25!  We are very excited about the work in the house next door and are happy to let you know donations of food, clothes, shoes, and coats can be made starting this weekend.  We are asking that you please make sure that the clothing is clean and separate your donations as follows:

• Size
• Gender
• Season (as well as you can)
   

Each month, items that will make a meal for a family will be collected.  Check the signs around the building for the items of the month.  Please place items in the designated box outside the church office.

We have an ongoing list and three goal dates for complete bags of food for the Fall Basic Needs Giveaway.  This list will be updated weekly, so check back! 

We are excited that so many items have been donated to the Giveaway and our inventory levels continue to meet and exceed our goals.  Our VBS children's donations really boosted our food inventory levels for peanut butter, jelly and macaroni and cheese.  The following are the few items we are still in need of to reach our Labor Day goal of 300 food bags:
 
Cereal - 223 (need 77)
Canned Fruit - 240 (need 60)
Salsa - 200 (need 100)
Jelly - 212 (need 88)
Tuna - 255 (need 45)
Rice - 219 (need 81)
Spaghetti Sauce - 239 (need 61)
Mayonnaise - 252 (need 48)
Canned Green Beans - 216 (need 84)
Canned Black Beans - 209 (need 91)
 
We have plenty of shopping bags, macaroni & cheese, pasta and peanut butter.  Two other items that are not in the food bags, but are greatly needed are laundry detergent and diapers (sizes 3-5).