If you'd like to save money on your grocery bill in July, consider buying a box of food from Angel Food Ministries.

The offer is open to everyone through this nonprofit, nondenominational group - you don't have to provide any kind of income information about yourself.  Just order a box and pick it up when it's ready.  

Pick-up locations are available across the nation.  Click here to find one near you.

There are several churches participating in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, among them: 

• The Church of the Valley, 2128 John Marshall Highway, Strasburg
  
  
• Windhaven Church, 3606 Turkey Knob Road, Mt. Jackson
  
  
• First Assembly of God, 1111 N. Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal
  
  
• Agape Christian Church, 345 Tasker Road, Stephens City
  
  
• Cornerstone United Pentecostal Church, 189 Parson Ct., Winchester
  
  
• First Christian Church, 75 Merrimans Lane, Winchester

Visit angelfoodministries.com to place your order.  Orders are accepted once a month.  The next order must be placed by July 24. Distribution day is July 30. 


What's in the boxes?

One box of food contains about a week's worth of groceries for a family of four, or about a month's worth for a single senior citizen, according to the group's website. The boxes contain a variety of food fresh, canned and frozen items and run anywhere from $22 to $55.  A few examples of what's available this month (Click here to view a PDF of the entire July menu):

$22 - Bit O'Blessing Box:

• 2 lb. Gourmet Dining Chicken Stir Fry
• 1.75 lb. fully cooked breaded chicken wings
• 1.5 lb. fully cooked meatballs
• 1.5 lb. fully cooked breakfast sausage links
• 2 lb. diced sweet potatoes
• 1 lb. waffle fries
• 2 x 1.5 lb units of fruit medley
• Flavored rice mix
• Hawaiian sweet rolls
  

$26 - July Special #1  - 6 lb. Assorted Grill Box:

• 2 lb. sirloin strip steaks, 4 x 8 oz.
• 2 lb. 80/20 hamburgers, 4 x 8 oz.
• 2 lb. boneless/skinless chicken breasts, 8 x 4 oz.

$24 - July Special #3 - Premium Frest Fruit and Veggie Box

• 4 ears yellow corn
• 2 yellow squash
• 2 zucchini squash
• 1 head of green cabbage
• 2 lb. yellow onions
• 4 baking potatoes
• 1 lb. whole carrots
• 1 stalk sleeved celery
• 1 golden ripe pineapple
• 4 peaches
• 1 mini seedless watermellon
• 1 cantelope
• 3 oranges
• 4 lemons
  
  

$35 - "Bread of Life" Signature Box

• 3 lb. (avg) Boneless/skinless chicken breast tray pack - 2 x 1.5 lb. avg.
• 3 lb. (approx) 8 fully cooked 1/4 lb. hamburgers on sesame seed buns (ind. wrapped). 2 bacon cheese, 3 cheese and 3 plain.
• 2 lb. non-breaded, IQF large chicken wings
• 2 lb. fettucini alfredo with whie meat chicken
• 1.5 lb. bone-in pork chops, 6 x 4 oz.
• 1 lb. lean ground beef 80/20
• 1 lb. Kraft Deli-Style turkey loaf, unsliced
• 1 lb. 100% ground chicken
• 4 lb. (approx) Nestle Boil-in-Bag Macaroni and Cheese (8 x 7.7 oz. or 6 x 10 oz.)
• 1 lb. green beans
• 1 lb. shoestring cut carrots
• 1 lb. sugar snap peas
• 1 lb. chopped spinach
• 1 lb brown rice
• 8 oz. pancake mix
• 1 lb. dry beans
• 1 dozen eggs
• 32 oz. Shelf Stable Milk
• 7.5 oz. Break-n-Bake  cookies
  

Photos: At top, Church of the Valley (Strasburg) members  Michelle Howard and youth leader Michelle Milburn pack an Angel Food box.  The second photo shows church members who volunteered to pack the boxes:  Claudia Ngome, Cathy Reynolds, Michelle Howard, Alex Malbuff, Aaron Milburn, Leroy Ngome and Aaron Malbuff.