Thank you for your monetary donations

Thank you for your monetary donations

Jul 22, 2024 | Clothing Bank, Food Bank

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Hello Deer Park,

Do you recall that at the beginning of last month I told you all how much the GreenHouse was in need of monetary donations?

We are a mostly volunteer run food bank and have approximately 55 volunteers that serve here. Every week, we help provide food for 90-110 families. 

If you will recall, we have a very limited paid staff at the GreenHouse–2 people, in fact! But—we have a mortgage, utilities, insurance, and gasoline bills to pay, and we rely on donations from the community to help us. 

I am pleased to give you an update on our fundraising. Our volunteers got busy addressing envelopes and folding donation letters, and our friends on social media shared the letter I wrote that was posted on our website.

Soon, the donations began rolling in. Some donations were $5, and some were for much more than that, and every dollar counted!

We still need funds, but our most dire need has been met. We will keep our lights on, our grocery rescue van fueled up, and our doors open for the next few months.

Thank you, Deer Park! You’re AWESOME!  Thank you for helping your neighbors by helping us. 

Diane Pfaeffle, Interim Director 

There is still time to make a donation, if you’d like.

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Or, you can mail us a check to PO Box 62 in Deer Park, WA 99006

Porch/Grocery Rescue is Back—twice a month

Porch/Grocery Rescue is Back—twice a month

Jul 19, 2024 | Food Bank

porch rescue

The GreenHouse is happy to announce that we will be offering a porch/grocery rescue service for our clients once again, in addition to their monthly food box.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: 

For the summer, and as we have food available, our clients will be allowed to have grocery rescue/porch when they shop for their monthly food box AND ONE ADDITIONAL TIME IN THE MONTH. 

Please note that we cannot guarantee how much Porch/grocery rescue items are available, but if we have extras, we are happy to share them. 

Important Update: Monthly Food Box Program at GreenHouse Food Bank

Important Update: Monthly Food Box Program at GreenHouse Food Bank

May 16, 2024 | Food Bank

Food Basket

The GreenHouse Food Bank is only offering a monthly box option for the rest of May, and possibly longer. 

Please understand that our team of 55 volunteers are working hard to provide you with a monthly food box. Our grocery rescue van’s team of volunteers are ensuring that our food box clients are getting more meat than other other food pantry in the area. 

However, the following should help everyone understand why we cannot offer the luxury of a weekly porch shopping experience, which is an addition that we provide to our clients, but is not guaranteed. We feel it is best that we shore up our monthly food boxes. 

The food bank has seen an increase in foot traffic through our doors. We are obligated to meet the needs of our monthly box clients first, and then to offer a weekly porch, if we have the food available. All food banks in Eastern Washington have seen an increase of people needing assistance.

 

“Second Harvest partners with both the Greenhouse Food Bank and the North County Food Bank. Partnering food banks are on a cycle where they can place an order and go pick it up at a set time. As a partner agency they can contact Second Harvest anytime when they are getting low on supply. The issue that is going on right now, however, is the diversity of food supply. Second Harvest does have food to give to agencies that are running low, however, these are things like apples, potatoes, onions. Shelf stable foods are lower in number, and these are the things that most food banks request. At this time Second Harvest is running a little ahead of last year in terms of demand, which means few to no shelf stable foods available if food banks need to make a request outside of their order cycle.” 
Josh Kerns, Spokane County Commission 
Thank you Golden Wings Pet-Food Pantry!

Thank you Golden Wings Pet-Food Pantry!

Apr 4, 2024 | Food Bank, Thank You

The GreenHouse received a generous donation of dog and cat food from the Golden Wings Pet Food Pantry, which is a service of the West Plains Angels, a group devoted to helping veterans.

We are so grateful for this generousity, and to our volunteer, Carol, who made contact with the good folks at Golden Wings, and arranged for the delivery. 

About Golden Wings Pet-Food Pantry

Golden Wings Pet-Food Pantry is a charitable service created by The West Plains Angels; a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization: EIN: 82-5062392.

Golden Wings Pet-Food Pantry donates pet food, treats, toys, and emergency medical funding to pet-owners in need. Check us out on Facebook by searching for West Plains Angels! Also, a quick internet search will take you to many of the great articles written about our charity! Golden Wings has been helping the fire-ravaged victims of Elk, WA;/ Medical Lake, WA; Malden, WA; and anyone in between whose homes were destroyed, or beloved pets killed by the fires. This sacred work has given our non-profit organization an opportunity for growth as more-and-more people have reached out to us for assistance. To further aid them we need help from donors, like you! Please consider donating to our charity. You can donate by scanning the QR code, or by going to any Banner Bank and donating to the West Plains Angels account.

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Yummy Dinner

Yummy Dinner

Apr 1, 2024 | Food Bank

Yummy Dinner

One of our clients sent in this photo of the dinner she made. Every item on the plate came from the GreenHouse: pork chops, mashed potatoes, and asparagus. Isn’t it a lovely dinner?

~Denise