Due to the funeral service for Ken Bronkhorst, the Open Hands Food Pantry will be closed Friday, October 19. It will reopen Monday, October 22, 5-6pm.
The visitation for Ken will be Thursday night 4-7pm, and Friday 9-10am with funeral service immediately after at 10am.
We are blessed to be a part of a very giving congregation. At Cedar Hills, we invite non-perishable food or hygiene donations for the Open Hands Food
Pantry. The pantry doesn’t have space to be a donation site for other types of items. Please take other items directly to:
Medical Items?
Donate to: Grace Episcopal Medical Lending Closet.
Contact: 362-1929
Clothing, jewelry, purses, baby equipment, and some furniture?
Donate to: Treasures.
Contact: 364-1988
(*larger items to Salvation Army)
Building Materials?
Donate to: Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
Contact: 319-294-1500
Thank you for delivering directly to an organization, who is better equipped to distribute these types of items. If you have other ideas,
contact Jennifer to share: 396-6608.
The Open Hands Food Pantry will be closed Monday, July 23 due to a funeral visitation at the church.
It will reopen Wednesday, July 25th 10am-12pm and Friday, July 27th 10am-12pm.
Regular hours as of July 1, 2018 are:
Mondays, 5-6pm
Wednesdays, 10am-12pm
Fridays, 10am-12pm
Due to a funeral visitation at Cedar Hills Monday, April 30, the Open Hands Food Pantry will be closed. The pantry will be open for regular hours the rest of the week: Wednesday, 10am-12pm and Friday, 10am-12pm.
The Open Hands Food Pantry has a few needs this Spring. Two ways you can help:
1. Donate needed items: juice, soup (other than tomato), cereal, tuna, paper towels, toilet tissue. (We cannot accept clothing, toys, household goods.)
2. Volunteer help is needed: Mon, 5-6 PM and Wed & Fri 10 AM-12 PM. No experience is necessary; sign up outside the door to the pantry. Questions? Call Darlene, 223-5652 or Karen, 360-5410.
The Open Hands Food Pantry is closed due to weather.
Also, the Cedar Rapids Strings rehearsal is cancelled.
Due to the weather, the Food Pantry will be closed Monday, Feb. 5. It will reopen on Wednesday 10am-12pm and Friday 10am-12pm.
Our Open Hands Food Pantry is a great way to help others in need in our community. Can you help to fill bags? Help is needed Mondays, 4:45-5:15pm, Wednesdays & Fridays 9:45am-1:15pm. No experience is necessary; sign up outside the door to the pantry (located down the left side hallway). Questions? Call Darlene, 223-5652 or Karen, 360-5410.
In 2017, 3,111 families visited the food pantry. This includes 4,668 kids, 4,657 adults, 1,677 Seniors, and a grand total of 11,002 people! Praise God for the caring volunteers who make this possible!
A huge shout-out to the Johnson Ave Hy-Vee and manager KC Lyons for responding to our call for help when we needed new shopping carts for the Open Hands Food Pantry. Each week, many of our pantry visitors need assistance getting their groceries to their cars. When a few of our carts disappeared, we were in dire need of some replacements. KC responded quickly to our request for help and we now have three new carts for our patrons to use.
We love our neighbors at Hy-Vee! Thank you, again KC and Hy-Vee stores for your great generosity.
The Open Hands Food Pantry supports 150+ families a month with food and basic toiletry supplies. The pantry is open Mondays 5-6pm, Wednesdays 10am-12pm and Fridays 10am-12pm and staffed by loving volunteers. Patrons receive a bag of non-perishable groceries based on their family size and any perishables on hand (milk, cheese, meat, etc.) We are grateful for the support of our church and local businesses who help us make a difference in our community.
Loading the carts came with another story… A woman who saw us loading the carts was convinced we were stealing them. Being a good Samaritan, she flagged us down, standing in front of our truck so we couldn’t move while she began to call the police. Luckily, we convinced her that the carts had just been donated! We had a great time laughing with her and thanking her for looking out for her community.