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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• 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 3/1/26

Food/Household Needs 

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Still Urgent Needs:

• Chicken breast
• Paper towels

Snacks

• 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
• Frito-Lay Fun Times Mix Variety Pack
• 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
• Old Vienna Red Hot Riplets chips
• Smoked oysters
• Gatorade Zero Sugar Thirst Quencher Sports Drink
• Wonderful Pistachios No Shells, 3 Flavors Mixed Variety Pack

Baking/Cooking

• Betty Crocker Supreme Chocolate Chunk brownie mix
• Vegetable oil
• Extra virgin olive oil
• King Arthur All-Purpose Flour
• Better Than Bouillon Roasted Chicken Base
• Better Than Bouillon Roasted Beef Base
• Barilla Medium Shells Pasta
• Barilla Rotini Pasta
• 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
• Jiffy Corn muffin mix
• Rotel
• Progresso New England Chowder soup

Breakfast

• Jimmy Dean griddle cake sandwiches
• Jimmy Dean sausage croissant sandwiches
• Mrs. Butterworth's original syrup 64 fl oz jug
• Krusteaz Complete Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix
• Pearl Milling Butter Rich Syrup
• Pure Maple Syrup
• Honey Nut Cheerios
• Reese's Puffs Mini Breakfast Cereal

Nutritional Boost

• 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
• tall kitchen trash bags
• 9x13 heavy-duty aluminum pans
• Arm & Hammer Plus OxiClean laundry detergent
• Method All-Purpose Cleaner
• 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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