CROS Ministries // This Week!                                                                August 8, 2017
A weekly update especially for CROS Liaisons, Board Members, Friends, and  V olunteers 
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CROS in the NEWS!
CROS Ministries nears 40 years of feeding thousands
Palm Beach Post, July 24, 2017
By Conner Mitchell - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
V olunteers Dan Sands, of Wellington, from, left, Tom Parker, of Royal Palm Beach, unload pallets of food at CROS Ministries Lake Worth Food Pantry at Our Savior Lutheran Church Thursday July 13, 2017. (Meghan McCarthy/ Daily News)

LAKE WORTH -  Rita doesn't look hungry. The 56-year-old  Lake Worth  resident has had the same job as a door attendant in Palm Beach for 10 years. She gets paid every two weeks. She lives simply in a mobile home.

And yet she rarely has enough to prevail from paycheck to paycheck by herself, so part of her monthly routine is a visit to the  CROS Ministries food pantry. She counts the bag of staples she gets there - pasta, canned vegetables and such - as a blessing, not a source of shame. So do hundreds of others who visit the modest space at Our Savior Lutheran Church, near Lake Worth High School.

"I'm grateful they're here, and it's hard to get help," Rita said. "And this helps."

Gleaning
Our final gleaning number are in! Thanks to our gleaners, growers, and funders we recovered a
record 497,142 pounds of fresh produce. We are
beyond grateful for your service to CROS. You
truly made a big difference in the lives of many
hungry residents in our community.
 
For more information about CROS Gleaning, please contact Keith Cutshall at [email protected].
Pantry Need This Week
Canned Meat
Caring Kitchen Need  This Week

Men's Underwear (new)

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for other Boutique Needs)

These lovely ladies are from Grace Presbyterian in Lantana. They come to our warehouse in Lake Worth several times a month to sort food for our seven food pantries.Thank you ladies for your faithful service! Check out our new volunteer shirts they are modeling. Only $5 per shirt. Please contact your program manager if you are interested.
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CROS Ministries
3677 23rd Avenue South, #B-101
Lake Worth, Florida 33461
 
For information about volunteering, please contact Juanita Bryant Goode at (561) 233-9009 x110 or [email protected]

Volunteers: Do you need a volunteer shirt? Please let your program director know if you want one.
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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. 108 or [email protected].

  
 

   
Caring Kitchen - Update
 Delray Beach Commissioners' Meeting
Wednesday, August 2

The Delray Beach City Commission decided to give us until October 31, 2017 to continue serving meals at the Caring Kitchen. As of November 1, we will only be preparing meals and storing food at the facility. We will not be open to the public.  Meals will be delivered to churches and other partners in the community, and served on their premises. The City also gave us nine months, until August 1, 2018, to use the facility for meal preparation and food storage only. 

We are looking at several short-term and long-term options for The Caring Kitchen. We plan to do everything in our power to continue serving meals to the many hungry residents in Delray Beach and southern Palm Beach County. 

This is another critical time for CROS Ministries. Please consider making a donation to assist CROS Ministries with the additional expenses that will incur due to moving The Caring Kitchen. Click here to make a credit card donation, or mail your donation to CROS Ministries, 3677 23rd Avenue South, #B-101, Lake Worth, FL 33461.

Thank you for your continued support of CROS Ministries and The Caring Kitchen program.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Ruth Mageria, CROS' Executive Director at 561-233-9009 x109 or [email protected].
CROS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
We desperately need volunteers to sort food at our Warehouse in Lake Worth
Sorting Groups of 4 - 10 people needed. 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. Check out our friends from St. Christopher's Episcopal Church sorting in our warehouse in Lake Worth.

Please contact Brian Rowe at 
561-779-7936 or  [email protected]
for more information.
Volunteer Needs
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. 

Drivers to deliver meals to the Home-bound
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 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 pm.

Weekday Van Drivers
Wednesdays. 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, from 9 am - 1 pm.  Duties include answering phones, filing, helping with mailings, and once monthly statistic gathering for the Caring Kitchen. Good MS WORD/EXCEL knowledge a necessity.

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.

Boutique Needs
  • Men's shoes, sneakers and work boots, size 8-13
  • Men's pants sizes 34
  • Men's underwear (new)
Please contact Shona Castillo for more information, 561-278-0918 or [email protected].
  
Food Pantries
Community Food Pantry - West Palm Beach
Volunteers needed the 2nd and 4th Fridays 10:00 am - 11:30 am to check-in clients on the computer and pack and distribute bags of foodMust be able to lift and bend and pickup 20-25 pounds. 
Please contact Brian Rowe at 561-779-7936 or  [email protected] for more information.

Community Food Pantry - Lake Worth
Two volunteers needed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to check-in clients on the computer and pack and distribute bags of food. Also, we are looking for one to two volunteers Monday - Friday from 10:00 am - 10:30 am to pack food bags before the pantry opens.
Please contact Brian Rowe at 561-779-7936 or   [email protected] for more information.

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 Brian Rowe at 561-779-7936 or   [email protected] for more information.

Community Food Pantry - Indiantown
Volunteers needed Tuesday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Must be able to lift and bend, and pickup 20-25 pounds.
Please contact Jeanette Hemphill for more details at 561-475-7276.

Community Food Pantry - Belle Glade
Volunteers needed Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Must be able to lift and bend and pickup 20-25 pounds. 
Please contact Mayra Echenique for more details at 561-755-2495 or  [email protected]
 
 
CROS Warehouse
Sorting Groups
Sorting groups needed to sort food at CROS' warehouse. 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 Brian Rowe at 561-779-7936 or  [email protected]for more information.

Food Pickups
A volunteer is needed to help with picking up food from Palm Beach County Food Bank in Lantana on Tuesday mornings. Must be able to do a lot of lifting and bending, at least 20 -25 pounds at a time, and be comfortable driving a truck.   
Please contact Brian Rowe at  561-779-7936 or  [email protected] for more information.
  
Loading, Unloading, Delivering...
Volunteers needed to lift heavy loads (30 to 65 pounds) and assist other CROS storage volunteers loading, unloading trucks, and delivering to CROS Food Pantries. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am - Noon.   
Please contact Pete Noble at  561-233-9009 x112 or
[email protected].
Community Resources
SNAP for Seniors
D o you know a senior struggling  to  make ends meet?  SNAP   (Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program) can help them stretch their food dollars and prevent them from having to choose between  buying me dicine  or buying food. It's  free to apply, and they can  get one-on-one help  completing the application online or by  hand. Please share the    following flyers. 

Click on the text below to download the pdf flyers.
Snap for Seniors (English) 
Snap for Seniors (Spanish) 
Snap for Seniors (Creole) 
Mission: CROS Ministries serves the hungry in Palm Beach and Martin Counties through community collaborations.

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