St. Paul’s Food Pantry
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
Welcome Pantry
Clients
Pantry Needs
What You Need
to Know
2017 Pantry
Closings
Pantry News
Pantry Hours
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Monday 10am—12pm
Wednesday 10am—1:45pm
Thursday 10am—12pm
In the event of severe
weather conditions:
Our pantry is closed when
Chippewa Valley Schools are
closed. This only pertains to
weather conditions.
We are a walk-in pantry and do not
schedule appointments.
Here’s what you need to bring:
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2016 Calendar Year Pantry
Statistics:
Total Families Served: 1,783
Consisting of: 4,224 Individuals
Volunteers per Month: 54
Total Volunteer Hours: 6,650
Days Open in 2016: 131
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Up-to-date state ID or valid driver’s license for EACH person living in your
household 18 or older.
Piece of U.S. mail with current address
for EACH household member 18 or
older.
ID for each child 17 and younger
(medical card or birth certificate.)
Bridge Card determination letter dated
within 6 months of pantry visit.
Families are welcomed to visit one time
each month.
Welcome Pantry Clients
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
We are a walk-in pantry and do not schedule appointments.
*We are currently serving Clinton Twp, Fraser & Macomb Twp*
Welcome Pantry
Clients
Here’s what you need to bring:
Pantry Needs
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What You Need
to Know
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2017 Pantry
Closings
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Pantry News
Up-to-date State ID or valid Driver’s License for EACH person living in
your household 18 or older.
Piece of U.S. mail with current address for EACH household member 18
or older.
ID for each child 17 and younger (medical card or birth certificate.)
Bridge Card determination letter dated within 6 months of pantry visit.
Families are welcomed to visit one time each month.
Food Pantry Locator: www.PantryNet.org
(For listings of other nearby food pantries)
Helpful Resources
Department of Human Services (DHS): 586-469-7700
United Way: 800-552-1183 (211)
Good Shepherd Coalition: 586-307-8888
MiCafe: 517-485-9164
WIC (Women, Infants & Children): 586-469-5471
Meals on Wheels (Homebound 60+ yrs. old): 586-469-5228
Food Assistance & Food Stamps: 800-481-4989
Community Action Center: 586-469-6999
Feeding the Needy (FTN) Clothes Closet: 586-945-7090
Macomb County Warming Center: 586-321-0998
Food Commodities Food Resource: 586-776-1230
Macomb Homeless Coalition: 586-213-5655
Salvation Army: 586-469-6712
SMART Bus: 866-962-5515
The Baby Closet: 586-777-9116 X 3 * Appt. required
For utility bill assistance, please call:
* DHS * United Way * Community Action Center *
* Salvation Army * Good Shepherd *
Pantry Needs
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
Welcome Pantry
Clients
Pantry Needs
What You Need
to Know
2017 Pantry
Closings
Pantry News
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Boxed Cereal & Oatmeal
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Canned Tuna
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Bisquick/Baking Mix
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Feminine Products
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Macaroni & Cheese
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Tooth Brushes
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Peanut Butter & Jelly
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Toothpaste
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Coffee & Tea
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Shampoo
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Ramen Noodles
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Ziploc Bags (any size)
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Brown Paper Bags
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Bar Soap
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Canned Chicken
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Dish Soap
We Need Your Help!
*Would you be willing to place a food donation box at your place of employment, exercise facility, doctor
office, dentist office, salon, etc.?
We can provide you with a flyer of our needed items. When the box is full we can, if needed, have a volunteer pick up the items. This is a great way you can help us stock our shelves. Flyers of the needed items are
available in the food pantry office.
*You can also donate online: http://www.stpauloftarsus.com/Electronic_Giving.html
Make sure all checks and electronic giving state: “St. Paul’s FOOD PANTRY”
If you’d like to schedule a pick-up or delivery, please contact us!
Darlene * Pantry Coordinator
(586) 228-1094
[email protected]
What You Need to Know
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
Welcome Pantry
Clients
We are open Mon 10-12pm / Wed 10-1:45pm / Thurs 10am-12pm:
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Pantry Needs
Do not enter the building before 10am.
Our client in-take ends 15 minutes before our pantry’s closing hour.
EXTREME WEATHER Information: We are closed ONLY when Chippewa Valley
Schools are closed.
DHS Bridge Cards:
What You Need
to Know
2017 Pantry
Closings
Pantry News
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Each household will be required to register with the DHS for Bridge Cards,
(586) 469-7700.
 You must bring in a current copy of your determination letter from the DHS.
 Receiving food is not dependant upon your qualifying for a card.
Visiting the Pantry:
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We are a walk-in pantry and do not schedule appointments.
One visit per calendar month, you choose the day.
If you need to send a family member to pick up your food make sure they are
listed as living in your household. They must bring in their ID to pick up food.
 If you need to send someone not listed in your household to pick up your
food call us at (586) 228-1094, let us who will be coming and have them bring
in your ID.
Pantry Abuse:
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Households visiting more than ONE pantry per month will not be served in
that month. NO exceptions.
Identification Requirements:
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Proper ID is required for all household members to receive food allotment.
NO exceptions.
 Each person picking up food MUST show a valid current driver’s license or
state ID.
 Social Security cards are not acceptable ID.
 Contact the Ray of Hope Center (586) 329-4046 if you need to obtain
IDs.
 Each person in your household over 18 years of age MUST have a valid current driver’s license or state ID AND a piece of U.S. mail with their name and
current address on it.
 Handwritten mail will not be accepted.
 Each person in your household under 17 must have a medical cards or birth
certificate.
2017 Pantry Closings
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
2017 Pantry Closings (Subject to Change):
Welcome Pantry
Clients
Monday – April 17 – Easter
Pantry Needs
Entire Week of June 26-30
What You Need
to Know
Monday – May 29 – Memorial Day
Monday — July 3
Entire Week of July 24 – 28
2017 Pantry
Closings
Entire Week of July 31 – August 3
Pantry News
Wednesday – November 22 — Thanksgiving
Monday – September 4 – Labor Day
Thursday – November 23 – Thanksgiving
Entire Week of December 25 - 29 — Christmas
Monday – January 1, 2018 – New Year’s Day
***EXTREME WEATHER INFORMATION***
We are closed when Chippewa Valley Schools are closed for
extreme weather ONLY. This does not include closings for government holidays. Our scheduled closings are listed above.
Food Pantry Locator: www.PantryNet.org
(For listings of other nearby food pantries)
Pantry News
St. Paul’s Food
Pantry
Welcome Pantry
Clients
Pantry Needs
What You Need
to Know
2017 Pantry
Closings
Pantry News
Our pantry would like to thank the generous parish of St. Paul’s for their
continued support of this wonderful pantry. We are grateful for their
support of both food and finances in an effort to keep hunger at bay
throughout our community.
In addition, please find below a list of Macomb County businesses/individuals who have either held a Food Drive for our pantry or
who have donated items to us on a regular basis. Please support our
community businesses! We are so blessed by each and every person
and business who thinks of ways to help us feed the needy in our community. God bless you all and we look forward to seeing more of you all
in 2017. Thank you everyone!
Lee Contracting
St. Michael’s—K of C
Straub Metal
Delta Concrete Industrial
Sequoia Tool
Vince & Joe’s
Passport Pizza
St. Michael's SVdP
Paul & Diane Riva
S.P.O.T. Knights of Columbus
Forgotten Harvest
Macomb Whse Supply
Meijer
Macomb Food Program
Mayer Family
SVdP Detroit Archdiocesan
Community Caring Program
Starbucks
Doctors Baker & Ochs DDS
Ronald Kosmal
Poirier Chiropractic
Family Dentistry DDS
Douglas Koenke DDS
Nino Salvaggio’s
Krausenbeck/O’Connor DDS
Viella, LLC
Arco Alloys Corp
Vitale Family
Evangelical Homes of Ster. Hgts.
Warren Pipe/Supply
J. Watkins DO
C.T. Kiwanis Club
Gordon Advisors P.C.
Anytime Fitness
Chippewa Valley Band Boosters
Chippewa Valley Choir Boosters
Stanley Powers
Mike Myers (Bread Angel)
St. William’s Hospitality House
Metcon
Sosnowski Family
Vision Institute of Michigan