Ballantyne Families Helping Neighbors in Need

Current Needs

• Help us get the word out that we have a pantry.  We can’t help people if they don’t know that the pantry exists.   The pantry is for all families who work or attend one of the 9 schools in the Ardrey Kell feeder pattern.    Click here for the flyer in English.  Click here for the flyer in Spanish.

• Sign up for items needed for the year (pantry items that are needed now, new reusable grocery bags, holiday napkins, encouraging notes, decorated envelopes)

1. • https:/tinyurl.com/bfsignup2022-2023

   • Amazon wish list for pantry: http://www.tinyurl.com/bfpantryhelp

• Sign up to volunteer in the pantry and help with food for the Thanksgiving/December holiday givings (a few teenager openings)

  • https:/tinyurl.com/bfpantry2022-2023

• Volunteers who would like to help find grants, write grants, and get corporate sponsorships

• • With our 501c3 status, there are so many new opportunities to get help for our neighbors in need! If you have experience with grants/corporate sponsorships or just have the desire to make a big difference in our community, please reach out to Lauren Rosenbaum at rosenbaums93@gmail.com). We have already started to build this team but would love your help.

Who We Are

Thank you for your interest in helping families in need in the Ballantyne community!  Together, we have done amazing things and look forward to doing more during this challenging time.   

We provide food support to families in need who are identified by the CMS school counselors/social worker of the 9 schools that are in Ardrey Kell High School's feeder pattern (Ballantyne, Elon Park, Endhaven, Hawk Ridge and Polo Ridge Elementary Schools, Community House and JM Robinson Middle Schools, Rea Farms K-8 STEAM Academy, and Ardery Kell High School).  

So far, we have given over $230,000 in grocery gift cards and over 2,000 bags of groceries.  We have held 8 food drives and 19 grocery gift card drives for our families in need on March 16th, March 29, April 9, April 27, May 11, May 26, June 8 (for the summer), September 3rd, October 5th, November 4th, November 18th (Thanksgiving bags), December 4th, December 11th (December Holiday bags), January 8th (food bags and gift cards) and February 3rd, March 3rd, March 29th, May 3rd, May 24th, November 18th (Thanksgiving bags), December 10th (December Holiday Bags), April 1st (spring break), May 31st (for the summer), November 17th (Thanksgiving bags), and December 9th (December Holiday Bags).  The next round of giving will be on March 31st for Spring Break food support.

On 2/3/22, we opened up a food pantry at Community House Middle School.  If you or someone you know who attends or works in one of the 9 Ardrey Kell feeder schools needs food assistance, please have them see their school counselor.   The counselor will fill out a google document to select food preferences.   Once a week, a volunteer will select the food and deliver to the counselor who made the request,

How can you help?  Please donate via the Venmo and Paypal links above and/or spread the word about our efforts.  

Thanks in advance for all your help!   Together, we can make a huge positive impact on Ballantyne families in need!

Thank You from the Families

In their own words, this is how your donations have impacted families in our community!