This Week’s Needs at the Food Closet: If you have free time this summer and are thinking of volunteering somewhere please consider calling the Food Closet (number below) to see if they have open shifts that you might fill. Teenagers can also volunteer and many schools offer community service credits for volunteering. St. Mark’s has provided many volunteers over the years and their assistance has been greatly appreciated. Whether you support the Food Closet by your physical presence or the occasional cash donation your continued support is always valued.
Drop off donations at the Food Closet. The Diocese allows food pantries to remain open during Covid. All Saints Food Closet is taking precautions to protect staff, volunteers, customers and donors using a protocol from Second Harvest, the main Food Closet donor. The address and new hours are:
425 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
-M, T, W, F: 9 am-2:30 pm
-Thursday: 9 am to 2:30 pm
(except 12 pm to 1 pm when closed for staff meeting)
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Access is via the blue side door that opens onto Hamilton Street. Please call ahead – (650) 325-3663 to let them know you are coming. Please do not drop off food after hours – it brings up a variety of concerns as people often congregate unsafely after hours to go through the food.
Donating by Check:
You can also donate by check. Check donations will be used to purchase needed shortfall items.
Please write a check to the Downtown Streets Team, and write in the memo line “For Food Closet”.
Checks can be mailed to:
Project Manager
Downtown Streets Team
1671 The Alameda, Suite 306
San Jose, CA 95126
Current Food Donation Requests:
canned beans – refried, garbanzo, black, pinto, etc.
traditional style Quaker oats (please no steel cut)
peanut butter (not organic please – no oil on top)
canned fruit or little fruit cups
packets of instant oats
soup – ramen, broth, etc.
dry cereal
jam/jelly
Non-food items:
Sandwich and snack size zip lock bags
