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South County Food Bank
Donating to your local food bank is fast and easy when you use an on-line grocery delivery website.
A suggestion for a Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday basket for a family of four is the list I compiled last year and ordered on-line from Vons.com for delivery to our local food bank – South County Outreach – in memory of my dad, Bill Gillum, our fabulous Thanksgiving turkey carver:
Holiday Meal Order Summary (Prices are estimates):
- $11.00 Butterball Turkey 16-20 Lb Frozen
- $ 4.00 Stove Top Turkey Stuffing Mix – 6 Oz (2 @ $2.00)
- $ 4.00 Sara Lee Classic Dinner Rolls – 17 Oz (2 @2.00)
- $ 1.50 Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce – 14 Oz
- $ 1.58 Safeway Cut Green Beans – 14.5 Oz (2 @ $0.79)
- $ 3.98 Princella Cut Sweet Potatoes And Yams – 29 Oz (2 @ $1.99)
- $ 1.58 Safeway/Genuardis Corn Whole Golden – 15.25 Oz (2 @ $0.79)
- $ 2.99 Reddi Wip Whipped Cream Topping- 7 Fl. Oz.
- $ 6.99 Sara Lee Signature Selections Traditional Pumpkin Pie – 46 Oz.
- $ 1.25 Safeway Wide Egg Noddles Pasta – 12 Oz
- $ 1.60 Campbells Cream Of Mushroom Condensed Soup – 10.75 Oz (2 @ $0.80)
- $ 2.00 Safeway/Vons Fruit Cocktail – 15.25 Oz (2 @ $1.00)
- $42.47 ORDER TOTAL
Optional items families need:
- $ 1.79 Safeway/Vons Grape Jam – 18 Oz
- $ 2.00 Safeway/Vons Peanut Butter Creamy – 18 Oz
- $ 3.15 Mahatma Long Grain White Rice – 2 Lb
- $ 1.89 Safeway/Vons Pasta Spaghetti – 32 Oz
- $ 5.00 Hunts Classic Italian Garlic and Herb Spaghetti Sauce – 26 Oz 4 @$1.25)
- $ 4.00 Campbells Chicken Noodle Condensed Soup – 10.75 Oz (4 @ $1.00)
- $ 2.00 Safeway/Vons Light Sugar Yellow Cling Peach Halfs – 15 Oz (2 @ $1.00)
- $19.74 OPTIONAL ITEMS TOTAL
It’s easy to give, just google local food banks/pantries in your area and a local grocery delivery service or choose to deliver food yourself. Fifteen minutes of on-line ordering time and around $42.47 will put a smile on your face and the faces of another family this holiday season. Donating to your local food bank will feel so good it might become a new habit.
