{"id":97,"date":"2016-07-17T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T20:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:06:22","slug":"food-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/donate-now\/food-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Help &#8211; What We Need Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NEEDED NOW:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong>The greatest needs are for meat, and hygiene items. We are happy for people to walk in with frozen meat as we have ample freezer space. Or one can donate $ for that purpose. Hygiene would be soaps, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good Samaritan Food Pantry can use:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basic canned fruits and vegetables<br \/>\nProteins such as beans, tuna and peanut butter<br \/>\nReal milk (not powdered)<br \/>\nStringed and sliced cheese<br \/>\nKid friendly snacks<\/p>\n<div><strong>You can deliver on:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 9 a.m.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Financial donations for food help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We record your donation on our pantry log on the day it arrives, but record it in our electronic data base on a monthly basis only. At tax time, we can quickly tell you the months in which you donated, but exact dates will take us a little longer. If you want exact donation dates, please allow us a few days to retrieve the information from our storage files.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also that the form asks for contribution amount. We record your donation as pounds, not the monetary value of the food. You and your tax preparer have to determine the monetary value of your total pounds of donated food. According to Harvesters Food Bank in Kansas City and America\u2019s Second Harvest Food Bank, a pound of food is valued at $1.66.<\/p>\n<p>If you donate money for pantry use, please write \u201cpantry\u201d on the memo line of your check so we can post your donation to the correct fund and can easily retrieve the information for your at tax time.<\/p>\n<p>For complete program regulations and tax forms, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/dor.mo.gov\/tax\/taxcredit\/fpt.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri Department of Revenue website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Thank you for your help in feeding those in need.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEEDED NOW:\u00a0 The greatest needs are for meat, and hygiene items. We are happy for people to walk in with frozen meat as we have ample freezer space. Or one can donate $ for that purpose. Hygiene would be soaps, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste, feminine hygiene products, etc. The Good Samaritan Food Pantry can use: Basic canned fruits and vegetables Proteins such as beans, tuna and peanut butter Real milk (not powdered) Stringed and sliced cheese Kid friendly snacks You can deliver on: Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 9 a.m. Financial donations for food help We record your donation&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":92,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/848"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsamaritancenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}