12/07/2025
We did it! Our first ever fundraiser this year was a fantastic success! This year our goal was to make 40 kits to feed local families, and then it became 120 kits, but support became so high. Last night we got together with other people in our community and built 211 kits total. Almost 100 additional to our goals!
These kits (and all excess food) will be donated to food pantries in our area this coming week, if you would like to add any pantries or “free pantry” boxes in our area that you think could use the boost please let us know! We have not divvied the kits up yet, they will be divided and split throughout this coming week.
Some pantries we will be calling to arrange donations for or filling the blessing boxes for are-
-Friends of Recovery Oswego County
-Fulton united Methodist church
-Salvation Army food pantries in both Oswego & Fulton
-first united church of Fulton outdoor blessing box
-Parish Ecumenical Food pantry (parish NY)
-phoenix area food pantry
-blessing box on W 6th and Mohawk (Oswego)
We are so excited to use this momentum and practice to kick off our goals for 2026. My husband and I are getting ready to finally debut a lifelong dream of mine to start a nonprofit accessibility program and are just trying to get the logistics together.
Total kits -
211
181 of those kits feed 4-5 people
30 of those kits feed 1 person or 2 small children
Those consisted of -
47 Breakfast kits
36 Cheesy chicken & rice kits
40 Chili kits
30 lunch kits
40 birthday party in a box kits
18 birthday cake in a bag kits
All totals attached in the inventory photos!
Additional excess donations that were leftover after making the kits (these will be donated loose to food pantries and pantry boxes as well) -
11 cream soups
7 regular soups
1 oats
1 pancake mix
22 corn
10 tomato paste
6 tomato sauce
1 can carrots
2 can peas
3 frosting
4 pasta
1 gravy
2 dried fruit
2 Mac and cheese
2 candied yams
2 pasta sauce
2 peanut butter
3 green beans
1 chick peas
1 sliced peaches
1 jelly
19 diced tomato
194 bouillon
2 brick velveeta
10 velveeta packs
3 stuffing packs
10 taco seasoning
19 chili seasoning
13 tuna
4 big cans chicken
3 little cans of chicken
4 bars
2 canned clams
5 cereal
35 Knorr sides
100% of monetary donations were spent to round off the kits, create an additional 91 kits and the excess donations covered partial costs for a sandwich, chips, and cupcakes for the volunteers.
Thank you so much to everyone who donated and for our volunteers / friends who worked so hard!
