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Tutus Pantry
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Tutu’s Pantry is a food donation program founded in 2009 by FASPS alumni parent Sophie Solomon. Through generous in-kind donations from FASPS families and other donors, Tutu’s Pantry provides food staples to families at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located in the Central District of Seattle.
At Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, 85% of the children in the school’s General Education Program are on the government provided Free and Reduced Lunch Program and often go hungry during the weekends because their families cannot afford to buy food. Tutu’s Pantry provides an average of 53 backpacks filled with food each week to these children.
The partnership between FASPS and Thurgood Marshall Elementary School benefits both schools by providing vital support to needy families as well as giving teachers at FASPS the opportunity to incorporate this important program into the social and emotional learning (SEL) program established at FASPS.
How Does the Program Work?
The program is voluntary and should not be a source of hardship for any participating family.
Each week, families of designated grades at FASPS can participate in the donation program by bringing food items and dropping them out in front of the library near the reception area no later than Thursday morning.
The students also have an opportunity to directly participate in the program by providing meaningful notes to children at Tutu’s Pantry and also by discussing the Tutu’s Pantry mission as part of their classroom curriculum.
Suggested Donation Items:
- Pasta Sauce: cans or jars
- Canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste
- Peanut butter, almond butter and sun butter
- Whole fruit jam
- Ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce
- Cooking spray, olive oil, vegetable oil
- Rice: 1 lb bags
- Macaroni and cheese boxes
- Spaghetti or other dry pasta
- Breakfast cereal boxes, low sugar
- Chef Boyardee: cans and microwave cups
- Kosher and Halal shelf-stable foods
- Chewy Granola bars or Clif/Kind bars
- Dried fruit chips or leathers, snack sizes
- Seasoning packets, such as spaghetti, taco, gravy, ranch, French onion, etc.
- Applesauce snack pouches - for classrooms
- Individual snack-packs or goldfish or other crackers - for classrooms
- Individual snack-packs of popcorn or Pirate's Booty - for classrooms
- Personal hygiene items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, hand sanitizers
- Please NO fresh produce, condiments, open or expired food.
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tutus-Pantry-SQUARE
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Every month, we encourage an entire grade to participate in the food donation to Tutu's Pantry. Starting in March, we go twice a month to accommodate all of the grade levels before the end of the school year. For the 2024-2025 school year, the delivery dates and grade participants are as follows:
October 9, 2024 - Grade 8
*These groupings are subject to change based on teacher changes for the 2024-25 school year)
Tutu’s Pantry Delivery Dates:
October 9, 2024 - Grade 8
November 13, 2024 - Grade 7
December 11, 2024 - Grade 6
January 15, 2025 - Grade 5
February 5, 2025 - Grade 4
March 5, 2025 - Grade 3
March 19, 2025 - Grade 2
April 2, 2025 - Grade 1
April 23, 2025 - Kindergarten (Blandine/Zahra/Emilie)
May 7, 2025 - Full PK (Cybel/Marie/Sally)
May 21, 2025 - YPK/PK Combo (Barbara), YPK (Gilles), TYPK/YPK (Audrey)
June 4, 2025- TYPK (Deborah/Stephane/Christelle - Seattle Campus)
June 18 (or shortly after) - Stocking For The Summer
June 18 (or shortly after) - Stocking For The Summer
*These groupings are subject to change based on teacher changes for the 2024-25 school year)
MERCER ISLAND
(Preschool, Elementary, Middle School)
3795 East Mercer Way
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 275-3533
info@fasps.org
(Preschool, Elementary, Middle School)
3795 East Mercer Way
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 275-3533
info@fasps.org
SEATTLE – CAPITOL HILL
(Preschool Campus)
1823 East Madison Street
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 644-8348
info@fasps.org
(Preschool Campus)
1823 East Madison Street
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 644-8348
info@fasps.org
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