Pantry Needs

Ongoing Needs

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This is a list of items our houseparents and children frequently use and quickly run out of. 

These are needed all year round!

• Tall kitchen trash bags
• Heavy duty outdoor trash bags
• HE (high-efficiency) laundry detergent
• HE (high-efficiency) fabric softener
• Dishwasher pods 
• 9x13 aluminum pans
• Swiffer mopping pads
• Gallon-size Ziploc bags
• Paper plates
• Paper bowls
• Plastic forks
• Pump bottle body wash
• Pump bottle shampoo
• Pump bottle conditioner
• Cereals of all kinds (please no Red 40)
• Applesauce pouches
  

Cleaning Needs

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• ValuMeds 24-Hour Allergy Medicine
• OLLY Kids Multivitamin & Probiotic Gummy
• Amazon Basic Care 24-Hour Allergy Relief Nasal Spray
• Tide Ultra Febreze Liquid Laundry Detergent
• Molly's Suds Liquid Laundry Detergent
• Native Coconut & Vanilla Shampoo and Conditioner
• Vaseline Intensive Care unscented body lotion
• Brita Plus Water Filter
• Lavender & Bergamot All Purpose Cleaner
• Clorox toilet bowl cleaner wand and wand refills

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Current Needs

This is a list of the current needs for our houseparents and children. Sometimes these items will be the same month to month, which means we are very in need of these items! This list will be updated on the 1st and the 15th of each month.  Last Updated 4/15/26

Food/Household Needs 

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Still Urgent Needs:

• Paper Towels

Snacks

• On the Border Cafe Style Chips
• Nature's Valley Sweet and Salty Nut Granola Bars
• ONETANG Freeze-Dried Mixed Fruit
• Soft & Chewy Granola Bars
• Lance cheese/ peanut butter sandwich crackers
• Oreo cookies
• Jack's Links Beef Jerky
• Quaker Large Rice Cakes - white cheddar
• Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle chips
• KIND Bars
• Pirate's Booty aged white cheddar popcorn
• Goldfish
• Nature's Bakery gluten-free fig bars
• Dot pretzels - original seasoned
• Tositos scoops chips
• Perfect Bar, Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter
• Chomps Grass-Fed Original Beef Jerky
• Kodiak Cakes Cookie Butter granola pouch
• Country Archer Mini Beef Jerky Sticks
• Duke's pork smoked shorty sausages
• Duke's pork hatch green chile smoked shorty sausages
• Planters peanut and cashew variety pack
• Bare Baked dried apples
• Smoked oysters
• Gatorade Zero Sugar Thirst Quencher Sports Drink
• Wonderful Pistachios No Shells, 3 Flavors Mixed Variety Pack

Baking/Cooking

• Mahatma Jasmine Rice
• Betty Crocker Supreme Chocolate Chunk brownie mix
• Extra virgin olive oil
• King Arthur All-Purpose Flour
• Cream of chicken soup
• Cream of mushroom soup
• Eggs
• Tomato Sauce
• Thai Kitchen coconut milk
• Jack's thin-crust cheese pizza
• Red Barron pepperoni pizza
• Rotel

Breakfast

• Jimmy Dean griddle cake sandwiches
• Jimmy Dean sausage croissant sandwiches
• Reese's Puffs Mini Breakfast Cereal

Nutritional Boost

• Nate's Organic 100% Pure, Raw & Unfiltered Honey
• Orgain Organic Kids Protein Shake
• Premier Cookie Dough Protein Shake
• SBR Nutrition liquid L-Theanine drops
• Triquetra liquid L-Methylfolate drops
• L'il Critters Fiber Daily Gummy Supplement for Kids
• Children's all-day allergy relief medicine
• Melatonin Gummies
• Camomile tea
• Sleepytime tea plus melatonin
• Protein Collagen & Protein Shake, Chocolate Flavor

Miscelaneous

• 5 Gum React Mint
• Pure Life distilled water gallon jugs
• 3 oz Dixie paper cups
• Paper bowls
• 9x13 heavy-duty aluminum pans
• Scrub Daddy scratch-free multipurpose kitchen sponges

Beyond a Meal: Nourishing Lives and Building Hope

The food pantry at Albuquerque Christian Children’s Home goes beyond addressing immediate hunger. It’s about providing consistent, nutritious meals that nurture the body and soul, helping families and children in need regain stability and strength. Our pantry offers more than groceries—it delivers hope and reassurance, creating a foundation where individuals can thrive in a supportive and compassionate community.

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