Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Thank you!
Promising to feed 29 kids every weekend can make us a little nervous. Throw an extra day in there, and that's an additional 87 meals to come up with. Two extra days in one month? Seems a bit overwhelming! But we had yet another reminder this week of why, when we put our faith in God and in this community, we have no reason to worry. Everyone responded so generously to the needs we posted, and we have enough for the next two extended weekends! It's been awesome to see how our prayers have been answered over the last two days. The food deliveries, financial support, and phone calls pledging more support were so amazing and yet another reminder of how blessed we are to be a part of this community. Thanks so much! God bless you!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Week of Oct 15-LOTS of need!!
Hello and thank you all for checking in!
As you all know, Helping Hands has been providing food for Crystal City children for about a year. Our goal is to ensure that these kids have enough to eat over the weekend while they are away from school. So far, we have been BLESSED by this community with an abundance of donations! Every time we ask, you provide. We operate with no budget, only with faith that the people of our community will help, and you always do!
We are really low on donations for the upcoming week. We have a lot of snacks, but hardly anything that could be considered a meal. Following are the items we need for this week:
Beefaroni
Spaghetti O's
Soup
Stew
Mac and Cheese
Chili
Tuna or Canned Chicken
15 full size boxes of cereal
Since it's a 3 day weekend, we would like to send them home with enough to last all 3 days. While you are grocery shopping this weekend, please pick up a couple of extra items for Helping Hands! Donations can be dropped off at Crystal City Elementary by Wednesday at 3pm. Monetary donations can also be dropped off at the school.
Thanks so much for everything, and we will update you on the status of donations as the week goes on! Have a great weekend!
As you all know, Helping Hands has been providing food for Crystal City children for about a year. Our goal is to ensure that these kids have enough to eat over the weekend while they are away from school. So far, we have been BLESSED by this community with an abundance of donations! Every time we ask, you provide. We operate with no budget, only with faith that the people of our community will help, and you always do!
We are really low on donations for the upcoming week. We have a lot of snacks, but hardly anything that could be considered a meal. Following are the items we need for this week:
Beefaroni
Spaghetti O's
Soup
Stew
Mac and Cheese
Chili
Tuna or Canned Chicken
15 full size boxes of cereal
Since it's a 3 day weekend, we would like to send them home with enough to last all 3 days. While you are grocery shopping this weekend, please pick up a couple of extra items for Helping Hands! Donations can be dropped off at Crystal City Elementary by Wednesday at 3pm. Monetary donations can also be dropped off at the school.
Thanks so much for everything, and we will update you on the status of donations as the week goes on! Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Week of October 8
Hi! Thanks so much for all of the donations that came in for this week's bags. All 29 kids were sent home with full bags for the weekend AND full sized jars of peanut butter and jelly. Awesome! We had several extras, and only need a few more items by Wednesday for next week's bags:
21 Macaroni and Cheese
6 Soup
15 cans of tuna or chicken
In addition to the weekend bags, we send home full sized jars of peanut butter and (plastic squeezable) jelly the first week of every month. October is taken care of, and we would like to be proactive in looking to November. We still need:
15 peanut butter
15 jelly
20 sleeves of crackers
to send home enough for all the kids in November. Thanks so much for all that you do! Each week we are blessed with the opportunity to provide for these kids, and we are so thankful that you have joined us in making sure none of our kids go hungry.
If you would like to donate and can't make it to the school during normal school hours, you can drop them off at Grace Presbyterian Church and we will bring them to the school. Thanks so much and have a blessed week!
21 Macaroni and Cheese
6 Soup
15 cans of tuna or chicken
In addition to the weekend bags, we send home full sized jars of peanut butter and (plastic squeezable) jelly the first week of every month. October is taken care of, and we would like to be proactive in looking to November. We still need:
15 peanut butter
15 jelly
20 sleeves of crackers
to send home enough for all the kids in November. Thanks so much for all that you do! Each week we are blessed with the opportunity to provide for these kids, and we are so thankful that you have joined us in making sure none of our kids go hungry.
If you would like to donate and can't make it to the school during normal school hours, you can drop them off at Grace Presbyterian Church and we will bring them to the school. Thanks so much and have a blessed week!
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