St. Martin de Porres Food Pantry
St. Martin de Porres Food Pantry
Through our partnership with the St. Martin de Porres Food Pantry, we endeavor to grow together with fellow Catholics sharing our gifts and needs, both similar and different. In doing so we hope to build a bridge between our neighborhood and St. Martin’s neighborhood.
St. Martin de Porres’ Food Pantry is located near 2nd and Burleigh in Milwaukee. In this neighborhood about 30 percent of residents are living in poverty, having to make hard choices between food, health care, heat, and rent. To help alleviate the pain of poverty, St. Robert co-sponsors St. Martin de Porres Parish’s Food Pantry. Last year, the Pantry served 450 children and 1,150 adults, representing approximately 1,350 households in the parish neighborhood.
Over the past year, St. Robert donated approximately 7,500 pounds of food to St. Martin de Porres food pantry to go along with the 26,465 pounds of food received from Hunger Task Force. For more information, please read this Catholic Herald article on the Food Pantry from a few years ago.
Share-A-Meal
Thank you to all who help keep the shelves of St. Martin de Porres’ Food Pantry stocked! Items like those on the shopping list below are needed throughout the year. Please bring them to the baskets in church marked “Share-A-Meal.” Each week a team of St. Robert parishioners delivers donations to the Food Pantry. If you are interested in helping, please contact Elizabeth Zimmer at ezimmer@strobert.org.
Suggested Shopping List
- canned ravioli
- canned vegetables: carrots, corn, greens, beets, three bean salad, sweet potatoes, etc.
- pasta and pasta sauce
- macaroni and cheese
- hamburger helper or tuna helper
- canned tuna
- crackers
- stuffing
- rice and rice mixes
- canned soups of all kinds
- canned stew
- peanut butter and jelly
- canned fruit, apple sauce
- oatmeal or grits
- healthy breakfast cereal
- canned chili, canned beans
- canned pork & beans
- biscuit mix, pancake mix
- jello
Additional suggestions may be found here or here.
Volunteer at the Pantry!
The number of pantry clients has increased, and that means there is an increased need for volunteers. Pantry volunteers are needed on Monday 3:00 – 4:30 pm and Thursday 11:00 am -2:00 pm. Please call St. Martin’s Parish Office at 414-372-3090.
