July Compassion Offering: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (GSLC) Food Pantry

Orchard Ridge UCC on July 1, 2025

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (GSLC) offers a weekly food pantry serving the Orchard Ridge neighborhood and surrounding areas.  Located at 5701 Raymond Road in Meadowood, the GSLC pantry currently serves up to 75 eligible individuals and families every Thursday.   Rick Thomas, GSLC Outreach Director, reports that local pantries continue to see reduced food availability from Second Harvest due to high demand and threatened reductions in federal funding.  Donations from the July 2025 compassion offering will go toward purchase of food items and essentials that best meet the needs of food pantry clients.

Simply stated, this mission eases suffering and addresses basic human needs at the local level.

In addition to giving generously this month, here are additional ways that you can help:

  • Food, paper goods or personal items are also accepted year-round at the GSLC Donation Room during weekday hours.
  • Volunteer at the GSLC Food Pantry: Assist with registration, act as a host or help with stocking the shelves. Thursdays, 9:30am-Noon or 5:30pm-7pm.  Familiarity with languages is a bonus, such as Spanish, Middle Eastern dialects, others.
  • Volunteer your time in the ORUCC Veggie Village garden where we tend and harvest fresh vegetables for the GSLC food pantry.

July Compassion Offering: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Food Pantry

Pam Oliver on July 2, 2024

Did you know that Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (GSLC) offers a weekly (Thursday) food pantry? This pantry located at 5701 Raymond Road opened its doors in 2005 and currently serves up to 75 eligible individuals and families each week.    Rick Thomas, GSLC Outreach Director, reports that the pantry has experienced record high demand (up to 50% more attendance) since late winter 2024. He also reports that local pantries have seen fewer food products come from Second Harvest, the main supplier to Dane Co Food pantries, due to high demand throughout the county.  GSLC has had to rely heavily on an internal pantry fund to maintain an adequate supply of food items on the pantry shelves. Additional funds are much-needed at this time. Can we at ORUCC help? 

We invite ORUCC members to make monetary donations to the GSLC food pantry fund through our July Compassion Offering.  Your donations will go toward direct purchase of food items that best meet the needs of food pantry clients. Please consider a generous donation to keep the GSLC food pantry well-stocked for those in need.

Additional ways that you can help:

  • Food, paper goods or personal items are also accepted year-round at the GSLC Donation Room during weekday hours.
  • Volunteer at the GSLC Food Pantry: Assist with registration, act as a host or help with stocking the shelves. Thursdays, 9:30am-Noon or 5:30pm-7pm.  Familiarity with languages is a bonus, such as Spanish, Middle Eastern dialects, others. Contact: Rick  [email protected]  or ORUCC contact Jane [email protected]
  • Volunteer your time in the ORUCC Veggie Village garden where we tend and harvest fresh vegetables for the GSLC food pantry. Contact: LuAnn Greiner [email protected]