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Food Pantry Traffic This Week
On Tuesday, the Food Pantry saw heavy traffic serving 40 families and an estimated 124 individuals. Many of our staple items are in the red! Please click below to review our current needs.
outreach opportunities
Food Pantry
Hurricane Relief
Hurricane Relief
Accepting donations of non-perishable food and Publix Gift Cards ($5 or $10) on Tues and Thurs from noon - 2:00. Your help is vital and the need is great. Hunger is real. Info.
Hurricane Relief
Hurricane Relief
Hurricane Relief
Our ministry partners in Honduras and Guatemala were devastated by two hurricanes back-to-back. Your support will go far to help them begin to rebuild and recover.
Tech to Connect
Tech to Connect
Tech to Connect
We are collecting your used tablets, laptops and devices that can serve as a spiritual life-line to our homebound and assisted living parishioners. Bring devices to the church office Tues - Fri from 10am - 2pm.
Common Thread
Tech to Connect
Tech to Connect
We are knitting prayer shawls, scarves and hats, and sewing masks. You can impact others with your hand crafting right now!
Scroll for patterns, projects, and information under the Volunteer heading.
Lenten Outreach Program - WE DID IT!
UPDATE: WE DID IT! $15,000 - One container
Good Shepherd is working in conjunction with South Florida Haiti Project and a diocesan effort to help our long-time friends in the Bon Samaritan School and community in Bondeau, Haiti with TWO containers of non-perishable food.
Good Shepherd pledged to raise the funds to fill one as our 2021 Lenten Outreach Project, and the Diocese of Southeast Florida pledged to fill another.
You may remember our Food PACKING event two years ago, when Fr. Phanord came to Good Shepherd to help us assemble nutritious food packets. We created more than 75,000 meals that weekend!
Thank you for your kindness and participation.
Check out the gallery below with photos from the last event and the people we're helping.
Track our Progress!
Food Pairing Progress
Each week we will update our container graphic so you can track how our food pairing effort is going. We're filling that container!
March 26 Total to date : $15,000
THANK YOU!!
Life is weird now. Here are resources for coping.
Crisis, Health, and Wellness
Good Shepherd Food Pantry
Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon - 2:00 p.m. An attendant will meet you at your car. Non-perishable food items will be loaded into your trunk. Please wear a mask. This is a community resource open to anyone and provided by the parish of Good Shepherd.
211 Palm Beach & Treasure Coast
Dial 2-1-1 if you are in crisis feel anxious, out of control, or suicidal, or just need to talk.
Or, visit the website for an expansive list of other resources at www.211palmbeach.org.
Addiction and Recovery Care
Online Recovery Community Programs & Support
Florida Department of Children and Families
COVID-19 & Suicide- Prevention Tips Click Here
Sunshine Calls by 211
Free Daily Phone Call Program for seniors- provides a quick hello and welfare check, is accepting clients: dial 2-1-1, email sunshine@211pbtc.org, or for more information click here
Florida Blue
Offering a 24-Hour Toll-Free Helpline with Free Bilingual Emotional Support 833-848-1762. This service is a partnership with New Directions Behavioral Health, which connects individuals with specially trained behavioral health counselors learn more.
12-Step AA Meetings Online
List of virtual meetings and speaker archives. Remember, this too shall pass! Download the list to enable links. See the list.
The Power of Prayer
Visit our prayer page for spiritual inspiration and guidance.
Financial Resources
Good Shepherd Food Pantry
Emergency food packages are available for pickup on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from noon to 2:00 p.m.
Florida Power & Light
For customers experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19, FPL has resources available online at FPL.com. There will be a 25% decrease in your May electric bill for residential customers. Business customers will see a onetime decrease. FPL has agreed to suspend electrical disconnections, provide payment extensions and waive late fees for customers in a hardship situation – policies that will remain in effect while Florida is under a state of emergency
Palm Beach County Human Services Eviction Prevention Program. Palm Beach County Residents concerned with rent assistance may call 561-904-7900 or apply online at http://www.pbcgov.org/oscarss.
Volunteer
Good Shepherd Food Pantry
We are following the Florida Department of Health and CDC guidelines for safety. If you are below the age of 65, have no compromising health conditions, and have no symptoms and you don't feel sick, you may contact us to help process and prepare the packages for pickup. Please reach out to us. Want to buy for to drop off to the Food Pantry? Here is a list of items we can always use.
Good Shepherd Emergency Mask Sewing Ministry
We are asking everyone who can sew to please help us create masks for our community partners, Quantum House and Jupiter Medical Center, who are really in need right now. Click HERE for downloadable instructions and contact info for additional help if needed.
Knitting for Seafarers'
NEW Request*** Cowl Pattern. Good Shepherd knits scarves and hats for mariners who come through our ports and are in need of warm garments as they travel to the North Atlantic. If you knit, now is the perfect time to put your skills to use for others! All garments are blessed in November before being distributed. Please let us know that you are knitting for us! Here is the pattern.
All Hand Crafting ministries at Good Shepherd
We have opportunities for knit, crochet, and sewing projects that will make a very personal difference to individual lives. Read about them here.
