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Check donations payable to:

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Arnold Food Pantry 

2024 Key West Drive

Arnold, MO 63010

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Client Needs (high need foods are in italics)

No glass please

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Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans & Nuts

  • Canned fish (tuna, salmon, sardines)

  • Canned beef, chicken, and ham 

  • Canned meals: beef stew, ravioli, meatballs,

 chili, etc. ​

  • Peanut butter (and jelly)

  • Nuts 

  • Bean soups 

  • Beans; baked, canned or dried 

 

​Vegetables 

  • Canned vegetables 

  • Spaghetti sauce 

  • Vegetable soup 

  • Canned tomato products 

  • V-8 juice 

  • Boxed dehydrated soup mixes

  • Instant/dehydrated potatoes

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           Milk, Non-Milk Products

  • Instant breakfast drinks 

  • Evaporated or canned milk

  • Powdered milk

  • Non-fat dry milk

  • Canned and boxed pudding (non-refrigerated)

  • Hot chocolate mixes with added calcium

  • Non-dairy creamer

 

Fruits

  • Canned (in natural juice preferred) and dried fruit 

  • Applesauce 

  • Jelly and jam 

  • Raisins, dried cranberries, dried fruits

  • 100% Juice (Canned, boxed and

plastic containers) 

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Fats, Oils & Sweets 

  • Mayonnaise & salad dressing

  • Vegetable oil

  • Honey 

  • Sugar 

  • Syrup

  • Jello

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          Homegrown Vegetables

Are welcome during the growing season

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The Pantry is unable to accept:

  • Perishable or homemade food from individuals.

  • Open food packages with food exposed to air

  • Rusted, severely dented cans

  • Expired foods.

Cereal, Rice, Pasta & Bread

  • Meal starters (beef, chicken and tuna ‘helpers’)

  • Canned pastas

  • Cereals (including whole wheat and bran)

  • Breakfast, protein & granola bars

  • Hot cereal mixes 

  • Oatmeal 

  • Macaroni and cheese 

  • Dry noodles and pastas 

  • Rice

  • Bread & muffin mixes 

  • Granola bars 

  • Graham Crackers 

  • Pancake mix 

  • Crackers 

  • Flour 

 

           Microwavable Foods

  • room temperature stable, not refrigerated

  

Special Need Items

  • Special diet foods/beverages (Sugar-free, fat free, low salt, gluten-free, etc.).

  • Baby Food (with lengthy expiration date)

 

Beverages

  • Tea and Coffee

  • Children’s drinks, soda, bottled water

  • Nutrition drinks (i.e. Gatorade, Ensure, powerade) 

 

Condiments, Spices, packaged gravies, sauces etc.

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*Gasoline, grocery, and department store gift cards are always welcome donations.

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Food stamps do not cover the following items needed by our clients:​

  • Toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shaving cream, toilet paper, paper towels, baby wipes, deoderant, feminine products, etc.) 

  • Zip-lock storage and trash bags.

  • Cleaning supplies, dish and laundry detergent.

 

The Pantry happily accepts pet food products for our clients pets.

Pantry Needs

 

Donations Gratefully Accepted

for Pantry Daily Use Items

  • Paper Grocery Bags

  • Plastic Grocery Bags​

  • Permanent Black wide tip markers

  • Zip Lock bags of all sizes

  • Disposable food service gloves (Latex/powder free)

  • Packing tape (1-7/8 to 2 inch wide)

  • Masking tape

  • Scotch tape

  • Office supplies: printer paper, envelopes, stamps, ink pens, printer ink cartridges, etc.

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Thrift Store Needs

 

New or Gently Used: 

  • Clothing, accessories, and shoes

  • Toys, games, bikes etc.

  • Holiday items

  • Home décor and collectibles

  • Housewares

  • Books 

 

The Thrift Store is unable to accept:

  • Mattresses

  • Mattress Pads and Toppers

  • Bed Pillows

  • Encyclopedias

  • Paint

  • Televisions

  • Computers and Computer Monitors

  • Furniture

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Please call us if you have any questions about an item you wish to donate.​

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The Thrift store appreciates your support. We do ask that you donate items that are not severely damaged, stained, missing parts, or otherwise unsellable. Paying for disposal of unusable goods takes needed dollars away from the Food Pantry. 

 

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                                                A Tax Credit Too Good To Be True

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The State of Missouri offers a Food Pantry tax credit that offers direct and tangible benefits. This program provides a tax credit to any Missouri taxpayer (individual, corporation or trust) that makes a financial donation to the Arnold Food Pantry. The taxpayer receives a tax credit of 50% of the gift (up to $2,500 per taxpayer per year). The benefits to eligible donors are:

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  • Receive a charitable deduction (State)

  • Reduce your Missouri State Income Taxes by as much as 50% of the amount of donation (depending on the amount)

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And importantly the donation supports the Arnold Food Pantry’s several hundreds of clients throughout the year.

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The “paperwork” is no work at all. The taxpayer prepares a Miscellaneous Income Tax Credits Form

(MO-TC), as well as a completed Food Pantry Tax Credit Form (MO-FPT) or documentation from the food pantry which specifies the name of the food pantry, the dates and amounts of donations, and the name of the person making the donations. The Arnold Food Pantry can provide and complete the Food Pantry Tax

Credit Form when requested.

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There are other limited conditions such as the amount of the credit claimed cannot exceed the amount of the claimant’s tax liability. If the donor reports donations used to calculate the Food Pantry Tax Credit as a charitable contribution on their federal Schedule A, the donation amount must be reported as a modification (addition) on Missouri Individual Income Tax Adjustments Form MO-A.

 

The Arnold Food Pantry has many donors who yearly take advantage of the tax credit. Why not you? The Food Pantry Tax credit provides the proverbial “win-win” for all, and we all want to win.

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“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

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