We Collect Non-Perishable Items And Feed The Hungry In
Newark NJ, East Orange NJ
And
Our Local Community
2013 Service Challenge
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJ
Bart's Pantry is an outreach ministry of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Church in Oakland NJ. It is supported
mainly by parishioners who volunteer not only food, but
their time each month to help assist the food pantries of
St. Mary's Church in Newark NJ, Our Lady Help of
Christians in East Orange NJ, plus those in need in our
local community.
On the Saturday after the third Sunday of each month,
one of our three teams of volunteers load up their cars
with food donated by our parishioners and deliver it to one
of the food pantries mentioned above.
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s PantryWho We Are
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
Due to state budget cuts, the pantries we support have
lost most of the subsidies they use to receive, and now
depend mainly on donations from ministries like Bart’s
Pantry to keep their food shelves full.
Our ministry does not collect enough food each month to
fully support the pantries of St Mary’s, Our Lady Help of
Christians plus those in our community. We must
alternate each month who receives the food donated.
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s PantryOur Dilema
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
In May 2013, we started a program called
Change For A Change and put a donation box in the back
of the church so people can donate their spare change.
This allows us to purchase a small amount of needed
items to go with what is donated to our shelves.
This October, our towns farmer’s market allowed us to be
the charity of the week, where we set up a table to collect
food and monetary donations which also allowed us to
bring awareness to our ministry. We are also doing food
drives with local businesses and youth sports leagues to
help raise awareness and monthly donations.
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s PantryExpanding What We Do
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
Even with all we are doing, we just don’t have enough
food and monetary donations to fully support both
pantries each month which is why we alternate.
Our ultimate goal is to collect enough food and or
monetary donations each month so we are able to help
out St. Mary's, Our Lady Help of Christians and our local
residents without having to alternate each month.
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s PantryOur Goal
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
What ever money received would be divided by 12 to
allow us to purchase the most needed items for each
pantry every month for a year. Each month’s monies
would be divided into three separate shares. One-third for
St. Mary’s in Newark NJ, one-third for Our Lady Help of
Christians in East Orange NJ, and the remaining third
would be used to purchase shop-rite gift cards to assist
local families who come to the church for assistance.
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s PantryWhat we would do with the money
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
On behalf of Sister Linda Klais of St Mary’s in Newark, Father Max of Our Lady Help of Christians in East Orange, and all
of the volunteers of Bart’s Pantry at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Oakland NJ, we would like to thank you for
taking the time to read about our ministry and allowing us to be considered for one of your generous awards. To find out
more about our ministry, please visit bartspantry.org
Sincerely
Tom Mulcahy
Coordinator Bart’s Pantry
Feeding The Hungry in New Jersey
Bart’s Pantry
Bart’s Pantry is a ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Oakland NJhttp://www.bartspantry.org
Thank You