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2010 food pantry totals

December 31st, 2010 at 10:08 pm

In 2010 I spent 289.17 for 831 items that were donated to the food pantry in 2010. This included food, personal care, pharmacy, cleaning supplies, paper products and toys. The face value of the items was $1036.62 a 72% savings. The original goal was to spend $20/month and try to purchase 100 items. I did this pretty regularly in 2009, but was only able to meet the 100 item goal a couple times in 2010. The deals just weren't there. However, I am happy with what I was able to do. Next year I plan to increase the monthly amount to $25. I also usually spend another $75 for toys, I plan to spend $100 on toys in 2011.

It's a whopping 3 degrees here today. The roads are still really slick and lots of accidents. Dad came by and picked me up so we could walk at Walmart.

I finished reading my book Gravity Dreams by L.E. Modesitt Jr. Sci/Fi - pretty good.

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4 Responses to “2010 food pantry totals”

  1. rob62521 Says:
    December 31st, 2010 at 10:18 pm 1293833923
    1293833923

    Excellent job on your food pantry goal! You are an angel to make this happen.

    Happy New Year!

  2. MaryB26 Says:
    December 31st, 2010 at 10:34 pm 1293834851
    1293834851

    Food charities are at the top of my list when it comes to donations. I made cash donations to our local food bank and to a senior citizen food bank in 2010. You are right about the deals not being out there in the grocery stores.

  3. Homebody Says:
    January 1st, 2011 at 03:03 am 1293851026
    1293851026

    I think you did a great job! I have followed your lead and started couponing and buying really cheap stuff to donate if we don't use it in a reasonble period of time.

  4. retire@50 Says:
    January 1st, 2011 at 09:23 pm 1293917005
    1293917005

    Homebody - terrific, the more people helping the better.

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