About our Community Blessings Cupboard
At St. James, we are committed to supporting our community through sharing essential resources. Our blessings cupboard is an outdoor community pantry which offers non-perishable food items, hygiene products, and school supplies to those in need. Our mission is to ensure that everyone has access to basic necessities in a dignified manner. St. James and its neighbours can help neighbours by sharing food and toiletries. People can take what they need at no cost, and others can contribute items to keep the pantry stocked. This initiative reflects our church’s dedication to fostering a caring and supportive community.
How It Works
Accessing the Blessings Cupboard
- Location: The blessings cupboard is located on the side of our building (facing parking lot) alongside the ramp.
- Availability: The cupboard is accessible 24/7; however, availability of items depends on demand and donations.
- Items Offered: Non-perishable food items, hygiene products, and school supplies. Depending on weather, some perishable items may also be available.
- Cost: All items are free of charge, but we encourage people to be mindful of others may also need items.
Donating to the Blessings Cupboard:
- Accepted Donations: Non-perishable food items, unopened hygiene products, and new or gently used school supplies.
- Financial donations can also be made directly to St. James (designate such donations for the pantry) and put towards purchases for the Blessings Cupboard. E-transfers can be received at [email protected] . Gift cards are also accepted. Thank-you.
- Drop-off Location: Items can be placed directly in the pantry or dropped off at St. Paul’s during church hours.
- Questions?: Please contact us at (506) 450-4031.
Current Wish List:
All donations are greatly appreciated.
Boxed or canned foods: Oatmeal, cereal, mac and cheese, rice, side kicks, pasta, popcorn, coffee, tea, boxed dry soups (or cans of soups), dry milk, sugar, flour, pudding mix, Jell-o mix, stuffing mix, boxes of mashed potatoes, cans of fruit. If temperatures are below zero, frozen meals or frozen vegetables are also welcome.
Packaged snacks/Food not requiring prep: boxes of raisins, bread, dried fruit, granola bars, fruit snacks, juices, cookies, cereal, peanut butter, applesauce, bread
Toiletries: feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, facial tissue, soap, diapers/wipes, bandages, deodorant, toothbrush/paste
Why It Matters
The Blessings Cupboard is more than just a source of supplies; it’s a testament to our community’s spirit of generosity and care.Through this initiative, we:
- Support Neighbors: Providing essential items to those facing financial challenges.
- Promote Community Engagement: Encouraging a culture of sharing and volunteerism.
- Foster Dignity: Ensuring that everyone has access to basic necessities without barriers.
By donating, utilizing, or volunteering with the Blessings Cupboard, you contribute to a compassionate and supportive community.
We want to make it easier for people to help one another when it comes to putting food on the table (or in bellies) and providing for other basic needs. We know it can be hard at times to stretch the cheque to cover all needs, especially with inflation. We hope the cupboard can help ease the pinch a little.
But the cupboard is meant to be a blessing in other ways. It’s a cupboard of convenience for those times when you discover you are missing an ingredient as you are making a supper, or you realize late at night you are out of a hygiene product or forgot an item at the grocery store. Let the cupboard represent the neighbour that helps you out.