Feeding The Five Thousand

Feeding The Five Thousand, one family at a time.

Feeding The Five Thousand is a food pantry, but with a difference.  Instead of just having a room full of food for folks to come and pick up, we have assembled bags that will feed a family of four for a week and deliver them.  Our target is the marginalized poor in our community and we have found them in our work with COP (Community Outreach Project) in the trailer parks.  We deliver on Saturdays to specific families that we locate through contacts in the school system.  We need to build an organization that can collect, sort, bag and deliver the food and keep accurate records so that ultimately we can qualify for assistance from the Atlanta Food Bank.

If this ministry grabs at your heart, please contact Rick Cooke at rickcooke@creekside.net to see how you can get involved.

Food Donation List

Please donate only items on this list in the sizes indicated.  We need to be uniform in our sizes to make bagging and distributing easier for our teams.  This list was developed to feed a family of four for a week

Please check expiration dates on items before you donate whether you purchase or donate from your pantry.

What we Need! Just these items in sizes indicated...

Meats:
 Canned Beef Stew, 24 oz 
 Canned Tuna, 5 or 12 oz  
 Canned Chicken, 5 or 12 oz 
 Hearty Canned Soup 
 Condensed Soup  (typically Campbells)

Vegetables and Fruit: all 14 to 16 1/2 oz.
 Canned Corn
 Canned Green Peas
 Canned Carrots
 Canned Green beans
 Canned Mixed Vegetables or Misc. Vegetables
 Canned Beans or Peas
 Any Canned Fruit 

Carbs:
 Long Grain White Rice, 1 lb bag
 Instant Potatoes, 13 oz box
 Spaghetti, 1 lb box
 Pasta, other than spaghetti, 1 lb box
 Instant Oatmeal, 8-10 bag boxes
 Pancake Mix, (add water only) 28-32 oz box
 Cereal, low sugar, whole grain, 12-17 oz box
 Dried beans, pinto, small red, black, kidney, 1 lb bag
 Macaroni and cheese, 7.25 oz., boxed 
 Canned spaghettios, 15 oz, OR mini ravioli, beefaroni, etc.
 Corn Muffin Mix, 6-19 oz, box or bag

Miscellaneous Items:
 Tuna Helper
 Saltine Crackers, 1 lb box
 Peanut Butter, plastic container
 Jelly, plastic container
 Spaghetti Sauce, plastic container or can
 Pancake syrup, 24 oz, plastic bottle
 Kid friendly snack, individual servings, Goldfish, PB Crackers, Trail Mix or fruit bars, nuts, etc.