It is hard to fathom that less than 10 miles from our very comfortable town is a community where children go to bed hungry, where children are caught in families where parents are unable to feed their children, where children are, in effect, raising themselves. This is Huntington Green, a community of rundown mobile homes, many without electricity, whose children attend Blythe Elementary School. During the school year, the children are fed at school, and during summer weeks, Angels and Sparrows provides lunch. But come the weekend, there is no food to be had.Last summer, this project was an overwhelming success! Over 100 members of our congregation contributed bags of food or money to buy food to feed these children on Summer weekends for 9 weeks. That's 225 bags of food- thank you! Some people filled a bag for one week, some for multiple weeks. It's time to step up to the challenge again and meet this need in our community. This need is tremendous, and the solution is simple! Read the simple steps below to see how you can help DCPC meet this challenge. We are blessed to have been given this opportunity to share in God's work in this community.
Follow these simple steps:
1. Choose one or more of the following Fridays that you can provide a bag of food: July 1st, July 8th, July 15th, July 22nd, July 29th, August 5th, August 12th, August 19th, and August 26th.
2. Email Catherine Bragg at [email protected] or Rosemary Klein at [email protected] to sign up for your specific dates. A reminder will be sent the Monday of the week that you are providing a bag.
3. Use the following list to fill your bag. Remember to use a brown paper bag.
Helpful tips: Store brands are fine. � gallon of milk and cheese sticks will be
added before delivery. Small variations from this list are acceptable
4. Pack all food in brown paper grocery bag
5. Bring your full bag to the Student Center by 9:30 a.m. on your particular Friday.
If you'd prefer for someone to shop for you, write a check to
DCPC and write "Blythe Food" in the memo line.
1 loaf of bread, basic wheat or white
1 small jar of Peanut Butter
1 small jar of strawberry or grape jelly
1 box of Macaroni and Cheese (Ex. Velveeta Shells- does not need butter or milk added)
1 box of any cereal that would appeal to kids
1 4 pack of individual fruit containers (must have easy peel off top)
3 cans of ravioli (must be easy pop top)
1 8 pack of peanut butter or cheese crackers