Glen Remington Memorial Christmas Dinner Canceled
Glen Remington Memorial Christmas Dinner 2020 at American Legion Post 312 is canceled this year because of the Covid-19 Virus. See you next year. Stay healthy. Thank You. Loretta 636-233-1237
OASIS Food Pantry News – Nov/Dec 2020
Bayer Fund Grant Received for 2021 Children’s Summer Food Program
We feel blessed to report the O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry will receive a $5,000 grant from Bayer Fund to help O.A.S.I.S. fund the 2021 Children’s Summer Food Program. This program was developed to supplement summer food resources for low-income families with school-age children when free and reduced-price meals are not available through schools. Each family with school-aged children visiting the pantry during June, July, and August receive an additional food package to help reduce their summer food costs. Our budget for this program runs about $15 per child and we estimate more than 1,500 children benefit from this program. We are sending a big THANK YOU to Bayer Fund, the philanthropic arm of Bayer, for their generous backing of our
2021 Children’s Summer Food Program. With this grant we are a step closer to reaching our goal of providing needed food resources to low-income families and their school-aged children.
Looking for Ways to Safely Help those in Need During the Holidays? Here are some ideas:
- Donate Items for O.A.S.I.S. Birthday Bags
This mission assembles birthday kits for pantry clients whose school-aged children have a birthday during the month. The bags include a cake mix, frosting and a book or DVD. The pantry is running low on cake mixes and canned icings, as well as gift bags with bottoms no wider than 11 inches to hold the birthday items. Cake mixes, canned icings, and gift bags can be donated through your church or dropped off at the food pantry, 1814 Boone’s Lick Road, St. Charles. Bless your continued support of this service. - Hold a Canned Food Drive
The Boy Scouts 2020 Scouting for Food drive was recently cancelled due to the rise in Covid-19 cases. This food drive stocks the pantry shelves with canned goods that last through winter and alternative sources will need to be found. If your church or group is interested in holding a food drive, a shopping list of standard pantry items can be found on the pantry web site at oasisfoodpantry.com, on the How to Help Tab. - Then, There’s Always Prayer
Lord, we pray for the hungry and hurting in our surrounding communities and that their nutritional and spiritual needs will be met.
We pray for the volunteers who maintain the food pantry and serve our clients each week.
We thank you for the blessings of food and resources to purchase the food as needed.
Bless all those good stewards who give their time, talents, and finances helping those in need.
May the food given nourish the bodies of the individuals and families that receive it, and may
they give praise to the Lord for he is good. In Jesus name, Amen.
“A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9
Wishing Everyone a healthy and happy Thanksgiving and Christmas,
The O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry Board of Directors
Volunteers Needed for Santa’s North Pole Dash
St. Charles’ 2020 Santa’s North Pole Dash is less than 1 Month away and they really REALLY need some volunteers.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094babad29a7f85-2020
Areas where they need to most help includes Course Marshals and Children’s Snowman Shuffle.
They are changing how are race is this year – instead of everyone starting at one time, there will be an “Open Start”. The Start Line will be open from 7 am until 8:30 am – when the participants show up, they can begin the run on their own – with the absolute last time that anyone can start the run is at 8:30 am. Everyone needs to cross the finish line by 9:30 am.
Course marshals will need to be at their assigned locations from 6:45 am until 9:30 am or when the last runner goes past their station. There will be a Fleet Feet Vehicle following behind to pick up signs and cones.
If you have a couple hours early in the morning on December 5th that you can volunteer to help (at an outside event that is socially distanced), they would really appreciate it.
Use the link above to sign up through their Sign Up Genius volunteer page.
The Brass Rail Steakhouse Thanksgiving Meal Giveaway
This year The Brass Rail Steakhouse in O’Fallon, Missouri will donate and deliver 3,500 Thanksgiving meals to St. Charles County residents in need this Thanksgiving Day.
Meal reservations and volunteer slots are on a first come, first serve basis. There are still meal reservations available and openings for volunteers to help cook or deliver meals. To reserve a meal or find out how to volunteer, please contact The Brass Rail at 636.329.1349 as soon as possible.
As a reminder, the only qualification for receiving a free Thanksgiving meal is expressing a need.
The Brass Rail Steakhouse
4601 State Hwy K
O’Fallon, MO
636.329.1349
2020 Turkey Trot STL
Gather your flock and celebrate Thanksgiving by joining us for @TurkeyTrotSTL!
Benefiting @OASISFoodPantry, choose your swag and receive FREE packet shipping. Register with code ‘GOBBLE’ to receive $2 off registration. TTSTL.com
Girl Scouts Autumn Showers in October
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri have adapted it’s April Showers program for the pandemic and is calling it Autumn Showers! The drive will occur October 9-18, 2020 and will be operated through Walmart’s Registry for Good.
O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry News for October/November 2020
The O.A.S.I.S. board of Directors would like to welcome two new Church-based Opening Teams to the pantry. A team from New Life Christian Church located in O’Fallon will be managing the 4th Thursday PM pantry opening; and a team from St. Charles Christian Church in St. Charles will manage the third Saturday AM pantry opening. Please welcome these new pantry volunteers and partners in our mission to care for those less fortunate in our community.
Thrift Store Update
The O.A.S.I.S. Thrift Store needs a temporary Saturday volunteer. If you or someone you know might be interested in helping out on Saturdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm please call or email the food pantry at (636) 284-8962 or oasisthriftstorestcharles@gmail.com.
The thrift store is taking gently used household items such as:
- Home décor
- Children’s books
- Children’s toys
- Furniture–tables, chairs, chests, shelves, couches
- No clothing at this time
Please take donations to the Thrift Store at 1812 Boone’s Lick Road, St. Charles, MO. The Thrift Store hours are 10:00AM to 3:00PM Wednesday through Saturday.
***All Thrift Store revenue is used in support of the O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry***
Boy Scouts Scouting for Food – Canned Food Drive
On Saturday, November 14th thousands of Scouts will deliver more than 1 million blue Scouting for Food bags throughout the St. Louis metro area, southeast Missouri, and southern Illinois. They will return one week later on November 21 to collect the bags full of donated canned goods.
By giving to Scouting For Food, residents are helping those in need right in their own community. In St. Charles County, Scouts take donations directly to local food pantries including O.A.S.I.S. Residents who do not receive a bag can take canned food donations to any Goodwill store location Nov.
22-28 or donate virtually. To donate virtually to the St. Louis Food Bank or Operation Food Search just text ‘SCOUTFOOD’ to 91999.
Pantry Donations
Currently the pantry is not accepting donations of personal-sized hygiene items or paper grocery sacks. Food or hygiene donations for the following standard items would be appreciated. Please no glass containers.
Food Items
- Peanut butter
- Jelly
- Canned fruit
- Canned pasta sauce
- White rice
- Canned soup
- Canned meat (chili, ravioli)
- Jell-O or pudding mix
- Canned tuna
- Canned sloppy Joe mix
- Cake Mix
- Canned frosting
- Breakfast cereal
- Pancake mix
- Syrup
- Instant potatoes
- Pasta side dishes
- Rice
- Beef or Chicken Broth
- Hamburger Helper
- Corn muffin mix
Personal Hygiene Items
- Deodorant
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo
- Laundry Detergent
Thank you for supporting the O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry.
The O.A.S.I.S. Board of Directors
Food Distribution Event – Saturday, Aug. 22
Food Distribution Event
Saturday, August 22, 2020
4:00PM – 6:00PM CDT
Connections to Success and Gateway Human Trafficking are partnering with the Muslim Community Services of St. Louis on August 22, 2020 on the CtS parking lot at 3000 Little Hills Expy Suite 101, St Charles, MO 63301 for a Food Distribution event. This Food Distribution is a drive-through food distribution and is open to the community. It will place from 4pm – 6pm.
In this time of COVID-19 pandemic, more community members and parents who are struggling financially may benefit from this service. It is a drive-through food distribution project and all volunteers abide by social distancing requirements and guidelines.
For more information please contact: Tandra Parks | Volunteer and Mentor Coordinator at tparks@connectionstosuccess.org
O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry News for August/September 2020
Children’s Summer Food Program
Many school-children miss meals when school is not in session. To combat childhood hunger in St. Charles County the O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry provides extra food for families with school-aged children during the summer months. This summer each school-aged child received additional breakfast cereal, mac-n-cheese, granola bars, applesauce, fruit cups, canned pasta with meat, raisins, juice, hotdogs, and sliced American cheese. In
addition to the O.A.S.I.S. Summer Food Program, St. Charles County school districts, Neighbors Helping Neighbors Coalition, and the STL Area Food Bank supplied food and hosted regular open-market events for families with school-aged children. You can be proud that St. Charles County agencies are focused on the welfare of our children.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
St. Charles County recently offered PPE grants to organizations serving our community. O.A.S.I.S. received hundreds of rubber gloves, KN95 masks, and 3,000 paper surgical masks. Additionally, the food pantry purchased several hundred 8 oz. bottles of hand sanitizers. With the PPE grant and sanitizer purchase our client’s personal hygiene kits now include 5 surgical masks and a bottle of hand sanitizer.
Thank You!
O.A.S.I.S. has been blessed this year with donations of food and funding. The board would like to thank all organizations and groups that held food drives for O.A.S.I.S., those who generously provided funding, and the dedicated volunteers who help keep the pantry doors open during this pandemic. These are unique and fearful times for everyone in our community. Please keep the O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry, our volunteers, clients, and supporters in your prayers as we tackle new and unforeseen challenges continuing our mission to do God’s Work.
The O.A.S.I.S. Food Pantry Board of Directors
Mask Up St. Charles County Event on Thursday, Aug. 6
St. Charles County’s free mask distribution program to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus continues next week with a “Mask Up Pick-Up” event for county residents. To date, County Government has distributed nearly 500,000 masks throughout the county to libraries, businesses, churches, restaurants, schools and non-profit agencies. Masks have been provided for all County employees and to the public when entering County buildings as well. The masks
are funded through the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The first “Mask Up Pick-Up” drive-through event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6 at Liberty High School, 2275 Sommers Road in Lake Saint Louis. Approximately 30,000 masks will be distributed on the parking lot near the school’s main entrance; residents are asked to remain in their vehicles while picking up their masks. Each resident will receive 10 free disposable masks which have been placed in bags by workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). Those distributing them at this event will be wearing masks and gloves as well.
“It is our hope that those who are not wearing masks because they don’t have them will stop by,” says St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, “and that they will continue seeking out places to find additional masks they may need to get through this pandemic. It is extremely important for us all to wear masks while in public to help protect the community from this highly contagious disease.”
Ehlmann says additional mask giveaway events are being planned, but that those who are unable to attend the Aug. 6 event also can visit their local St. Charles City-County Library where the County has provided masks for public distribution.
“Mask up, St Charles County! Let’s keep safe and healthy,” Ehlmann says. Those who have symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, dry cough and shortness of breath, should call the St. Charles County Public Health Information Hotline at 636-949-1899. For information regarding COVID-19 and updated statistics, visit sccmo.org/COVID. For questions concerning the Aug. 6 event, contact Molly Dempsey, Community Relations Manager, at 636-949-7900, ext. 3724, or mtdempsey@sccmo.org.
