Welcome to Bill's Pantry!
Bill's Pantry, Inc., is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to meeting the nutritional needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Twin Cities.
Our clients have told us that breakfast is their most important meal of the day, the meal that helps them digest their first round of medications. Clients receive a weekly grocery list from which to choose items they like to prepare for themselves.
Bill's distributes primarily breakfast food items to an average of 45 Twin Cities families every week who consider Bill's Pantry to be a lifeline for healthy food. Four members of Knox Presbyterian Church serve on the Bill's Pantry Board of Directors.
We encourage members to pick up their orders on Saturday mornings.
For those who cannot, we have delivery to some areas of metro Minneapolis/St.
Paul.
CLICK HERE to read about Good Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Volunteers Especially Needed
* Saturday a.m. Driver to mid-Minneapolis
- Pick up 11 a.m.
- Will take about 1 1/2 hours
* Saturday a.m. Driver for each route
* Thursday (10 a.m.-12 noon) Person to Pick-Up & Unload
- Must have reliable car to go to Second Harvest
- Will need to carry stock into pantry and be able to lift up to 40 lbs.
* Grant Writer
* Intermittent Cleaning Person
If interested in any of these positions, contact our Volunteer Coordinator:
Mary Buckett
phone: 651-736-2008
A Special Thanks
Bill's Pantry would like to extend a special thanks to A Piece of Cake Bakery and Great Harvest Bread Company -- both on Selby Avenue -- for their continued support by providing weekly sweets and breads. Our clients greatly appreciate their generosity.
* A big thanks goes out to the Imperial Court of MN Organization and Billie LaTease Austin for holding eight fundraisers in 2007-08 for Bill's Pantry!
* Thanks to the new Cub Foods in Lake Phalen for weekly donations of bread and
rolls.
* A Very Special Thank You to St.
Andrews Lutheran Church for generously donating Easter Food Baskets for this year—and each year!
* A big thank you to Breadsmith at
1579 Grand Ave. in
St. Paul for providing bakery goods twice each month.
* A million thanks to Macalester
Plymouth United Church (St. Paul) for raising money, so we can get a new double door commercial
freezer and a whole bunch of Rubbermaid tubs for the cereal.
* Crossroads Church of Cottage Grove has
truly been a blessing for Bill's Pantry. They consistently send volunteers
and drivers. (Thank your driver when you
get your delivery. They've come a long way!) Adrienne especially appreciated
the post-construction clean-up crew.
* A big thank you to both Crossroads
and Macalester Plymouth Churches for adding
us to their annual budgets.
-and-
* A special thanks to Barb Osthus for
her special connections that help Bill's Pantry.