Shelter

October has flown by. A special thanks to BCAR headed by Tom Smeland and his group of hard workers. They cleaned up our yard, weeded and mulched all the flower beds.  It looks great!

The cinnamon buns brought by Linda Martin and baked by a friend sure helped too! Greg Senft fixed the door jam to the food pantry. The mice are upset but we are happy they can’t get in. A big thank you to Trumbauersville for donating the proceeds from their pancake breakfast to the shelter.  Our van is working out well and is full of gas thanks to Sharon Dickerson. Pamela Brice and her helpers from Kids for Kids provided a wonderful evening full of fall crafts and fun for the families. 

Pantry

Some of the people and groups who have really helped stock our pantry this month are:

Linda Martin, BCAR group, Sherry Garcia, our bread squad; Amy Kramer, Ray, Greg Senft, and Christine Long, BCOC pasta collection, Q-Mart, Coopersburg Harley Owners, Nancy Ball, Trumbauersville Boro, Pamela Brice, Quakertown High School, and  Youth Probation to name a few.  We fed 107 families and 450 people last month.

Thanksgiving meals for our shelter families and those who use the pantry.  Consider donating part of or the whole meal. We need turkeys, stuffing, cranberries, green beans, rolls, juice, potatoes and pies. Any part of the meal is appreciated. Please contact me if you are interested.  We need all items at the pantry by November 23^rd. Store coupons for free turkeys are also welcomed. 

Christmas will soon be upon us. If anyone wants to adopt a family, a child or contribute to Community Gift Day please let me know. Community Gift Day allows families who use our food pantry to select gifts for their family from those donated. This takes place on December 15^th from 10-12.  We request small items, gloves, toys, books candy to stock the Gift Shop. Last year we provided gifts for  40 families.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

As always, thank you for your continued concern and support!

Thanks,

Karen  Jenei

Karen Jenei

Volunteer Coordinator

Milford Square Shelter, Bucks County Housing Group

 215-538-9383 kjenei@bchg.org