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.

 

Nonperishable Food Donations for the Manna Food Pantry

 

Our pantry purchases or pays a shared cost for the food that it sources through the Brazos Valley Food Bank, and would happily order more product if it were available. But ever since TEFAP funding was interrupted, our ordering portal has not been abundant. 

 

Children, senior citizens, and families cannot thrive when mealtime is an endless loop of applesauce, garbanzo beans, rice and dried pinto beans. 

 

So under the category of “Now,” we’re asking for your donations of the following items that are most often requested: enchilada sauce, Ro-Tel, corn muffin mix, instant mashed potatoes, ramen noodles, canned peaches, jalapenos, peanut butter, chili, and cream-based soups. 

 

These donations can be dropped off at pantry/our office at 307 North Brazos on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday mornings, as well as on Wednesday afternoons.

 

Advent Bundles

 

Under the category of “Later,” we hope you’ll join us again this year with the Advent bundle project. Please help us build Advent bundles by shopping for these condiments and spices: salt & pepper, oil (any kind), jelly, peanut butter, ketchup, mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, mustard, Ranch dressing, syrup, and seasoning packets (any size and flavor).

 

Look for bags with the Advent shopping lists at our partner churches during October and November. These premium nonperishables will be bagged up and given away to our pantry clients in December. We also are hoping for donations of reusable Tyvek or canvas bags. 

 

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.