Restock: April 2025

Welcome to the Restock!

Updates and Changes

First, art and an apology! In March, two different people brought lovely art to distribute at LFFC, and I didn’t get it placed out during March and even worse forgot to thank them here. First, Xara brought 100 bright and beautiful paper cranes, which I have been (slowly) adding to LFFC to give splashes of color (my intention is to create a whole stream of them, but that’s in progress); many have already flown onto new homes! She shares:

hellooo! my name is xara, i am 19 years old, and am passionate about music (singing especially), poetry, and talking pleasantly with strangers. i began to fold paper cranes after learning from my older sister who folded them avidly. i used to like to leave them places in hopes that they would brighten someone’s day, and my wish for the cranes now is similar: that they bring happiness to whoever encounters them!

Second, Nancy has been making both beautiful hand-knitted hats and, more recently, tiny fabric chicks in fleece eggs. All have already spread to new places where I’m sure they’re bringing joy and delight. Thank you so much to both Xara and Nancy for sharing your art with LFFC!

In April, we haven’t changed what we’ve been handing out at all, and have instead spent our logistics time preparing for the intentional destruction of the US economy through pointless tariffs. The backstock on primary goods (socks, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and the like) is now sufficient to support several months without imports; after that, to be honest, I don’t know what will happen. The socks, hats, and gloves we distribute are made in Pakistan; the masks and earplugs are made in China; and everything else is, like nearly everything sold in the US, either imported as a finished product, or assembled in the US of a mix of domestic and imported products. In addition to the naloxone itself being imported from Israel, funding for drug overdose prevention has (of course) been destroyed at the federal level; the state is unlikely to be able to distribute naloxone in a few more months, and then people will start dying horribly and preventably.

For our part, we will continue to provide anything we can, for as long as we are able.

Monthly Usage

This month, we had six outgoing completed calls made from the Futel phone.

This month, we distributed:

• 222 pairs of thermal socks
• 136 pairs of thermal gloves
• 130 warm hats
• 960 Band-Aids
• 46 CoBan rolls
• 33 ABD gauze pads, and 44 non-adherent pads
• 363 nitrile gloves
• 81 packets of Vaseline
• 157 masks (N95 and KF94)
• 118 doses of ibuprofen
• 53 pairs of earplugs
• 179 pairs of handwarmers
• 90 ponchos
• 49 pencils
• 46 bars of soap
• 147 toothbrushes
• 94 tubes of toothpaste
• 90 tampons
• 46 menstrual pads (across all sizes)
• 175 condoms, and 169 lubricant packets
• 27 boxes (54 doses) of naloxone

Our COGGA for this month is $1127.88, not including naloxone, condoms, or lubricants (all of which are provided by outside groups at no cost to us).

We received donations this month from Harley LaRoux, as well as one from an anonymous donor. Thank you so much for your generosity!

Conclusion

That’s it for this month’s Restock! If there’s more information you’d like to know, please feel free to use our Suggestions Form or email us at info@lffc.us.