Financial Donations

 

We fund our programs and ministries through proceeds from our thrift store, as well as financial gifts from churches, individuals or corporations.

 

Please mail checks to:

Bridge Ministry of Burton Texas

P.O. Box 68

Burton, Texas 77835.

 

Checks also can be hand-delivered to our pantry/office at 307 North Brazos in Burton. We are open Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and Wednesdays from 2:30-5 p.m.

 

Financial gifts also can be made via PayPal.

Top 10 Most Requested Pantry Foods

 

Our pantry shelves have plenty of food to serve 638 individuals from 260 families, but the variety isn’t abundant. So this month we are asking neighbors to collect the “Top 10 Most Requested” foods: Chili with beans, chili without beans, Chef Boyardee Ravioli or Lasagna, Vienna sausages, Ramen noodles (beef or chicken), chopped ham or Spam, and canned peaches or fruit cocktail.

 

Donating Produce and Farm Fresh Eggs

 

We always welcome gifts of fresh produce from area farmers, as well as farm fresh eggs from area hatcheries. Please bring us your empty egg cartons if they are still clean.

 

 

Advent Bundles

 

Look for our Advent bundle wish lists at participating partner churches this month. Christmas is always a special time of year for our pantry clients when they receive bags of favorite groceries and other goodies. Fill bag A or bag B, as you are able.

 

• Advent Bundle A: Cooking oil, salt & pepper shakers, 12 ounce Spam, plastic-wrapped sugar, baking mix, syrup (about $20).

• Advent Bundle B: Shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, bar of soap, deodorant, dish soap, disposable razors, liquid hand soap (about $15 or $16).

 

Fall Outreach Projects

 

There are many opportunities for children and youth to serve this fall. Area Lutheran churches all have outreach projects planned for “God’s Work. Our Hands.” on September 13. And students at Burton I.S.D. are partnering with Brenham Gamechangers 2nd annual “Big Event” on October 10. If your Sunday School classes, clubs or Scouts are looking for a few extra projects, we could use some help with:

 

• Put together hygiene kits for teenage girls and boys at the Manna Food Pantry (shampoo, soap, comb, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste). 

• Fill baggies of laundry soap for pantry clients. We usually will bag up 2 loads of powdered soap.

• Assemble basic First Aid kits with adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, rolled gauze, medical tape, antiseptic wipes, antibiotic ointment packets, nitrile gloves and an elastic wrap bandage.

• Assemble senior citizen "to go" bags with protein shakes and protein bars.

• Write notes and/or draw pictures for senior citizens and the homebound to be sent home with our Friday meals.

• Write notes and draw pictures that will eventually be inserted into December's Advent bundles.

 

Hygiene Kits in the Manna Pantry

 

Your generous collections always put a smile on the faces of our pantry clients. Some of the most common items of need are shampoo and conditioner, combs, toothbrushes and toothpaste, deodorant, Band-Aids®, body wash, and bars of soap.

These personal care items can rarely be purchased from the Brazos Valley Food Bank’s ordering portal, and they make for a pleasant shopping experience for our pantry  clients.