CROS Ministries // This Week!                                 September 29,  2015  
A weekly update especially for CROS Liaisons, Board Members, Friends, and Volunteers 

Pantry Needs This Week

Canned Vegetables

Summer Match Appeal
Please consider joining other donors in making a donation toward our  Summer Match Appeal by October 1, 2015. Every dollar you give will be matched dollar for dollar up to $30,000. To make a donation online, please 

Gleaning

Friday, July 31 was the last day of the 2014-2015 gleaning season. We recovered 483,343 pounds of produce this season. A new record! Thank you to all the volunteers! We could not have done it without you.

For more information about gleaning, please contact Keith at  kcutshall@crosministries.org
or 561-233-9009 x107.
WISH List
We are looking for a new location for our Riviera/West Palm Beach food pantries. We have outgrown the current spaces. We are also in need of a box truck for food pick-ups and food distributions to our pantries.
If you can help, please contact Danielle Devine at 561-271-1566 or ddevine@crosministries.org.
The new volunteer shirts are here!  Please let your program director know  if you want one. $5.
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The Caring Kitchen
Community Food Pantries
After School Snack Program
Nutrition in a Knapsack
Summer Camps
Gleaning and Food Recovery
Community Advocacy
CROS Ministries
301 First Avenue South
Lake Worth, Florida 33460

www.crosministries.org

 

For information about volunteering, please contact Juanita Bryant Goode at (561) 233-9009 x105 or jgoode@crosministries.org

 

If you would like to make a donation to CROS Ministries, click here or contact Gibbie Nauman, Director of Development and Community Relations at 561-233-9009 ext. 106 or gnauman@crosministries.org.   

 

Click here for a PDF of the Fall Newsletter.  If you are currently getting our newsletter by mail and wish to receive it electronically, please email Gibbie Nauman at gnauman@crosministries.org 

 


 

 

 


 

  

 

  

 

 

 


The End Hunger Walk is a 5K (3.1 miles) along Flagler Drive. We walk rain or shine. Walkers are encouraged
to make banners, posters, and/or tee-shirts to identify themselves. Each walker is encouraged to collect a
minimum of $100 in monetary pledges for their participation as well as a can of tuna or jar of peanut butter. All funds raised at the Walk go to support 
CROS Ministries' programs. For more information or to sign up, please contact Gibbie Nauman at 
561-233-9009 x106  or gnauman@crosministries.org.

Check out our NEW End Hunger Walk Video.

Want to help CROS Bring Change? Bring your coins to be exchanged for cash to the TD Bank at 4875 Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach on Friday, October 23 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. 

At the end of the day, the bank will add up the total amount of coins run through the coin machine and match that amount up to $2,000. A check will be written that day and presented at the Caring Kitchen at 5:00 pm.

You also have the option to donate your cash from the coins to CROS/Caring Kitchen or keep the cash. How great is that?!

End Hunger Walk Walkers - Bring your spare change to the Walk on Sunday, October 11. We will have a container available to collect your change.
Bulletin Announcements
Volunteer Needs
End Hunger Walk - Sunday, October 11
Volunteers needed from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm to set-up, tear down, hand-out water, and direct walkers along the Walk. Community Service Hours given! 
For more information, contact Gibbie Nauman at 561-233-9009 x106 or gnauman@crosministries.org.

Nutrition in a Knapsack - Jupiter
Food Bag Delivery
Volunteers needed to deliver the containers filled with food bags to Jupiter Elementary, Thursdays from 9:30 am - 10:30 am or so. Volunteers need to have a four door car or SUV. You can help once a month or more.
 
Food Bag Distribution
Volunteers needed to distribute the food bags to the children at Jupiter Elementary, Fridays from 8:00 am - 9:30 am or so. A background check is required. 
If interested, please contact Cathy Scheid at cathyscheid@ymail.com  or 561-254-8595.

Community Food Pantry - Riviera Beach
Volunteers needed Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Must be able to lift and bend and pickup 20-25 pounds.
PLEASE NOTE:  This food pantry is located at the Port Center building and is housed in the same location as the Department of Children and Families and the Palm Beach County  Sheriff's  Department. 
Please contact  Danielle Devine at 561 271-1566 oddevine@crosministries.org.

CROS Warehouse
Pallet Jack Operator
A volunteer is needed who can handle a pallet jack, Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am - Noon. 
Sorting Groups
Sorting groups needed to sort food at CROS' warehouse located at 4166 S Military Trail, Lake Worth at Lake Worth Storage.  Must be able to do a lot of lifting and bending, lifting at least 20 -25 pounds at a time. Monday-Friday from  9:30 am- 11:30 am or longer and weekends too.
Please contact Danielle Devine at 561-271-1566 or ddevine@crosminsitries.org  for more information.
 
Caring Kitchen - Delray Beach
Traffic Director
A volunteer is needed to direct cars to proper parking areas during peak meal times. Shift time is approximately 11:15 am - 12:20 pm.  
Shut in Meal Drivers
Monday and Wednesday time commitment approximately 2 hours one day per week. Background check and driver check mandatory. After training delivery time is flexible anytime between 10:30 am - 1:00 pm.
Weekday Van Drivers
Wednesday and Tuesday: Approximately 4 hours one day per week to make regularly scheduled stops and occasional random pick-ups. Drivers will be trained and must pass driver background check. 
Weekly Office Volunteer
Once weekly, any weekday, to complete thank you letters.
Once monthly, to complete statistic gathering for the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach. Good Excel knowledge a necessity. 
P lease contact April Hazamy at 
 
Meal Preparation & Serving
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include preparing lunch with other volunteers, serving and cleaning up.
Office Volunteer
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include answering phones, filing, helping with mailings, and light computer work in MS Word/Excel.
Clothing Boutique Volunteer
Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm, we need volunteers to help with sorting, folding, and labeling donations.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am to 1 pm, we need volunteers to help with sorting, folding, etc. as well as distribution of the clothing.
Please contact Nadege Joliceour at nadegej@crosministries.org or 561-278-0918 
for more information.
 
Community Food Pantry - Lake Worth 
One volunteer from 10:30 am to 2 pm on Fridays to help with bagging food.
Please contact Danielle Devine ddevine@crosministries.org or 561-271-1566 for more information.

Nutrition in a Knapsack - Delray Beach  
Food Bag Delivery 
Volunteers needed to deliver and distribute the containers with food bags to Pine Grove Elementary in Delray.  It would be on Fridays from 8:45 am to 10 am or so.  Need to have a four door car or SUV. You can help once a month or more.  If interested please contact Juanita Bryant Goode at jgoode@crosministries.org or 561-233-9009 x105.
 
Lake Worth Office Volunteer
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include filing, helping with mailings, light computer work in MS Word/Excel, and other special projects.
Please contact Claudia Rosado at crosado@crosministries.org or 561-233-9009 x103.
Mission: CROS Ministries serves the hungry in Palm Beach and Martin Counties through community collaborations.

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