Cambridge City Foodbank

St Mary’s Church continues to deliver donations to the Cambridge Foodbank.

As part of preparing for Christmas the Foodbank are asking for people to pledge to donate a hamper! I am happy to take hampers to the Foodbank on Tuesday 12th December so we will need to collect them on 9th / 10th December but to do this you have to register via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/donate-a-christmas-hamper-cambridge-city-foodbank-hamper-appeal-2023-tickets-735372317397?_gl=1*1tzwtam*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDI5NTMzNDE1LjE2OTk1NTUzMDE.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTY5OTU1NTMwMC4xLjAuMTY5OTU1NTMwMC4wLjAuMA..

The idea is to get a strong carrier bag (the extra strong supermarket bags are ideal) and fill it with the following items:

Chocolate Christmas log or non alcoholic Christmas cake

Children’s Christmas chocolate e.g. selection box

After dinner/adult chocolate (no alcohol filled ones please)

Fancy sweet biscuits

Pringles or similar

Cheesy/savoury biscuits or similar

Nuts (not with shells)

Dried fruit (e.g. apricots, figs etc)

Tinned ham

Tinned tuna/salmon

Sweet pickles/chutney

Jam

Shower gel, hand soap or shampoo

• you can select standard, vegan etc but there are limited amounts needed of each
• there must be no perishables in the bag and all items must have a use by date of 25th December or later
• there cannot include any home-made items

If you wish St Mary’s to deliver your hamper please email admin@5folds.org.uk and we will get in touch about collecting it.

Normal donations are taken on a regular basis to the Foodbank and there are collection points at St Mary’s Church and Over Community Centre. The Foodbank’s current most needed list:

Toilet rolls                                                           Bags for life

UHT milk                                                             Tinned fruit

Tinned rice pudding/ custard     Tinned meals eg. Chicken in sauce, chilli con carne

Jam                                                                        Noodles/ rice

Tinned vegetables                                          Pasta sauce

Long-life puddings                                          Long-life fruit juice

Instant coffee (small jars)                            Cooking oil

Tinned soup                                                       Snacks & confectionery