The 20,000 pound challenge- How to Help

The 20,000 pound challenge is on!

20,000 pounds of food to collect and distribute by December 31, 2014!


Total weight collected to date

5,026 pounds  (April 6,  2014)

Distributions made to date

Kennett Food Cupboard:  2,500 pounds
West Chester Food Cupboard:  507 pounds
Military Support Group of New Jersey:  1,500 pounds

How to help

We are so happy to come to you to collect food, or feel free to drop it off to us or ship (our friends in NY and South Carolina have done so via Amazon prime)!  Alternatively, if you'd prefer we do the shopping for you, please email us at bestdressedtomboy@gmail.com and we will send you our address.

What is needed

The following items are always in high demand at food pantries:

Peanut Butter
Jelly
Tuna
Pasta
Pasta Sauce (cans or plastic only, please)
Apple Sauce
Canned Fruit
Canned Veggies
Canned Pasta
Mac and Cheese
Shelf Stable Juice (Apple, Hawaiian Punch)
Beans
Rice
Chili
Baby Food
Laundry Detergent
Shampoo

Tomboys in the Press

In case you question that we're for real, here's our press coverage to date:

Kennett Paper, February 2014:  http://www.southernchestercountyweeklies.com/lifestyle/20140227/mom-and-daughter-trying-to-collect-20000-pounds-of-food#comments  

6ABC Philadelphia March 2014:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=9471572

With sincere thanks,

Nicole and Madeline


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