We are continuing our Backpacks of Hope Program to help
West Decatur
Elementary students. It is a national program through Feeding America
that allows us to send child-friendly food home with students in their
backpacks on Fridays, so the children will have food to eat over the
weekend. Right now, we have
65 students/families who
have gone through the FACT referral process and need this program. What
makes this program so important is that the students don’t have to wait
for their parents to go and get food for them, they can open their
backpack and eat when they are hungry on Saturdays and Sundays.
Please contact
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, 256-341-0796 if you can help with any of the following ways:
1. Sponsor a child for $15 per month for 12 months. Please make your check to “CUMC Backpacks Food program.”
2. Be a shopper at the Food Bank in Huntsville once a month along with Melissa Penley.
The Food Bank of North Alabama, where we get a large portion of the
food, is in Huntsville. It is open Monday-Thursday each week from 9:00
AM - 2:00 PM. The church is billed for each purchase, so there is no
need to worry about having to pay when you shop there, and no wait for a
reimbursement check from our church. The Huntsville food bank
orientation date is July 25 from 10:30 AM-noon. If you are interested in being one of our “Food Bank shoppers,” please contact Melissa Penley at 256-341-0796 or
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.
3. Be a Wednesday night “packer” to fill bags with food for each student.
4. Buy the following foods at the
grocery store when you are shopping and put them in the Fellowship Hall
box labeled “Backpack Food Program”:
Non-refrigerated juice boxes/pouches, single-serve canned fruit,
single-serve applesauce, crackers, single-serve pop top ravioli, chili
or franks & beans, single-serve cereals, nutri-grain bars (no
peanuts), single-serve teddy grahams or animal crackers, single-serve
beef stew or chicken noodle soup, non-refrigerated cheddar
cheese/cracker single-serve packs
Thank you for caring for the children of West Decatur Elementary.
Our Partner School, West Decatur, is our "In the Spotlight" Ministry this week. The Backpacks of Hope Lenten Food Drive has started, and the students need our help. Please see the list of food below and bring all items to the boxes in the fountain area. Also scroll down and see all the other ways you can help West Decatur like being a reading buddy, mentor, or helping with school events.
