Feeding the Children

When I visited the Lee and Beulah Moor Children's Home the other day, Jim Thomas gave me a list of foods that people can donate. That list is as follows:

# 10 (gallon) can of tropical fruit
# 10 (gallon) can of fruit cocktail
# 10 (gallon) can Mandarin Oranges
# 10 (gallon) can peaches
# 10
(gallon) can green beans
# 10 (gallon) can corn
# 10 (gallon) can
Alfredo sauce
# 10 (gallon) can tomato sauce
# 10 (gallon) can green
enchilada sauce
# 10 (gallon) Rague
12-14 oz. can of cream of mushroom
soup
12-14 oz. can of cream of chicken soup
Rice (large bulk bags)
Jello mix
Cans of Pam non-stick spray
Cake mix
Cake frosting
Bags of instant potatoes
Baking cups
Star pasta
Dried pinto
beans (large bulk bags)
Chocolate drink mix (encourages children to drink
milk)
Sugar (large bulk bags)
Flour (large bulk bags)

He said that they would always accept smaller cans if gallon cans are not possible.

Jim also gave me a list of food that will feed 70 children and a cottage staff for one month. This is a good list for larger businesses and organizations to donate:

14 bags Skinless boneless chicken breast (frozen 10 each per bag – Sam’s Club)
8 bags Skinless boneless chicken thighs (frozen about 10 each per bag –
Sam’s)
35 lbs. Ground beef
400 each Corn tortillas
10 dozen Flour
tortillas
4 each # 10 (gallon) can of tropical fruit
4 each # 10
(gallon) can of fruit cocktail
4 each # 10 (gallon) can Mandarin Oranges
4 each # 10 (gallon) can peaches
4 each # 10 (gallon) can green beans
4 each # 10 (gallon) can corn
480 each Dinner rolls
25 lbs. Broccoli
(frozen)
8 pkg. Fideo pasta
18 each Cucumbers
1 bottle Lemon juice
5 lbs. Potatoes
4 boxes Sherbert
2 gal. Cooking oil
1 gal. Green
enchilada sauce
2 each 12-14 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup
2 each
12-14 oz. can of cream of chicken soup
10 lbs. Rice
6 heads Lettuce
25 each Tomatoes
2 each Large ranch dressing
5 lbs. Onions
2
lbs. Fresh garlic
44 each Oranges
20 pkg. Jello mix
32 gal. Milk
8 each Cans of Pam non-stick spray
1 each Paprika
1 each Black
pepper
2 each Seasoned salt
2 lbs. Salt
2 each Large pkg. of baby
carrots
2 bundle Cilantro
4 each # 10 (gallon) can Alfredo sauce
1
each Can pesto
3 each Boxes of Texas Toast garlic bread
16 lbs. Grapes
8 boxes Cake mix
8 cans Frosting
3 each 18 count eggs
2 each
Bags of instant potatoes
100 each Baking cups
2 each # 10 (gallon) can
tomato sauce
9 pkg. Star pasta
25 each Apples
100 pkg. Single
serving assortment pkg. corn or potato chips
30 lbs. Brisket meat
50
each Frozen corn on the cob
1 each Gallon pickle relish (dill)
2 stalks
Celery
2 each Gallon of mayonnaise
6 lbs. Butter
25 lbs. Pork loin
meat
4 pkg. Chile pods
14 lbs. Dried pinto beans
100 each Ice cream
bars
2 pkg. Frozen oriental stir-fry vegetables
60 each Egg rolls
2
each 64 oz. chocolate drink mix (Quick)
2 boxes Rice Krispies
5 pkg.
Marshmallows
10 loaves Sandwich bread
25 lbs. Sugar
25 lbs. Flour
60 each Chicken fried steak
5 lbs. Cheddar cheese
5 lbs. Mozzarella
cheese
25 lbs. Beef stew meat
1 each # 10 (gallon) Ragu
6 lbs.
Cottage cheese

That's quite a shopping list. However, if you or your business or organization can help in a big or small way, contact Jim.

Now imagine, if instead of subsidizing just cotton in our area, what would it be like to have encouraged small farmers raising food crops? What would it be like to encourage them now through better City ordinances, state laws and federal funding? Of course, there is plenty of cheese and chili pods and eggs around here. And, at one time, corn and apples. Imagine sustaining a home such as our Children's Home with local food . . . or natively available food. It is something we should begin to talk about in earnest.