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Storehouse is part of Melton Vineyard's compassion ministry. We put together food bags for those who are most in need; for example, those who are waiting for a benefit payment to arrive or students struggling to survive on a limited income. The items we give away are generally as a result of referrals we receive from local organisations such as Connexions, Brooksby Melton College and others.
We believe in a generous God who loves to give things away and that what we give is just a small token of God's love. All our compassion ministry is offered free of charge, with a no-strings-attached policy, so that we do not look for anything in return.
For church members:
Items that we continually need for storehouse include:-
Toiletries: toothbrushes and toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, soap, sanitary towels/tampons, deodorant.
Breakfast: UHT milk, small jars of coffee, small packets of tea bags in foil packs, cereal bars, small breakfast cereal packets (variety packs).
Lunches: pot noodles, packet soup, crisps, jams/spreads, biscuits/snack bars, small bottles of long life drinks.
Main Meals: tinned meat and fish with pull tops, tinned meat in sauce/gravy, small tinned vegetables, dried rice/pasta, packet sauces, dried packet meals, tinned/ long life puddings, tinned custard/cream.
As it's getting very near to Christmas now, it would also be good to supply foodstuffs with a Christmas theme, e.g. Christmas pudding, mince pies, etc.
Thanks to everyone.
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