Help Manzanita Outreach Sort and Stage School Supplies - September 22

Manzanita Outreach needs volunteers to stage school supplies that were either donated (through the Green Bag program) or purchased to replenish the school supply cabinets for the teachers in our local schools. 

Date: September 22nd
Time:  9:00 am to noon
Location:  Manzanita Outreach, 405 S., 6th Street, Cottonwood, AZ  86326

If you would like to volunteer, please email Diane Troianello at sedonagirldt@gmail.com. Hope to see you there.  

St. Andrews Community Dinner - September 26

When:  2:00 to 6:00
Where:  St. Andrew's Church, 100 Arroyo Drive, Sedona

We need volunteers to work 2 hour shifts cooking, serving, and clean up on Monday, September 26 between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00 pm.  Please email Marilyn Bealafeld with your preference.  Currently the dinner to "To Go!".  Recipients drive, walk, or bike through our pick up line to receive a home cooked meal.  This is an opportunity for TSW members to serve our community and socialize with fellow members.  

To volunteer, contact Marilyn at mbealafeld@yahoo.com.

Our Sedona Community Food Bank Needs Help!

Please help our Sedona Community Food Bank by bringing non-perishable food items to the September 14 meeting.  Many local families and fixed income seniors are struggling with hunger, with this year’s food inflation of 10-11% making it difficult to meet their daily needs.  

In the past year, the Sedona Community Food Bank has served almost 800 unique families, with roughly 150 families shopping at the pantry each Wednesday and 30 homebound seniors receiving a large box of food delivered to their home every month.  New families sign up for food assistance every week.  During the past school year, the Food Bank also supplied 2,700 weekend emergency food packs to low-income children in our school system and provided 7,644 pounds of snacks for children in the after school and summer school programs.  

At the same time that demand and prices have increased, food and monetary donations to the Food Bank have dropped about 20%.   September is Hunger Action Month.  Let’s help fill the gap by bringing food donations to the September 14 meeting.  The Food Bank particularly appreciates the following items:

• All canned meats/fish
• Progresso soup of any type
• Peanut Butter
• Brown Rice
• Canned Fruit
• Ramen
• Pasta Sauce
• Shelf Stable Milk-8oz size
• Shelf Stable Almond Milk 32 oz

Donations can also be dropped off at the Food Bank any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday between 8am and 11am.  The Food Bank is located in the lower level of 680 Sunset Dr, Sedona, AZ 86336.