As part of the upcoming Family Strong event, out fanily signed up to work a shift and help out with a food drive. The children stood near the entrance to Walmart neighborhood market and handed out small lists to patrons, encouraging them to donate items for snack packs. The snack pack program sends food home with children on the free lunch program every friday, so they have food to eat over the weekend. A typical snack pack might include 2 breakfast, 2 lunch, and two dinner items. The requirements are that the must be non-perishable, shelf stable, and that children must be able to do the preparation for the meals themselves, so instant oatmeal, easy mac, peanut butter crackers, fruit cups, and granola bars are great options.
The people of Northwest Arkansas are so generous! There are two days scheduled for the food drive, and today’s donations collected enough to fill 500 snack packs! These will be assembled at the Family Strong event in August.
We were the last shift, but donations kept coming in, so we stayed out there an extra 45 minutes, and then loaded up the vans and helped sort and total up donations with the Binghams. I’m really grateful my children got to be part of this project, and witness how several small acts of generosity can total a huge charitable contribution. 3 hours of their time on a Saturday will help keep 500 kids from being hungry. They also were reminded of how good it feels to give. Everything be who donated came out of the store with huge smiles on their faces. They were so happy to participate and thanked the kids for asking them to contribute. We are our best selves when we are helping others.
We were the last shift, but donations kept coming in, so we stayed out there an extra 45 minutes, and then loaded up the vans and helped sort and total up donations with the Binghams. I’m really grateful my children got to be part of this project, and witness how several small acts of generosity can total a huge charitable contribution. 3 hours of their time on a Saturday will help keep 500 kids from being hungry. They also were reminded of how good it feels to give. Everything be who donated came out of the store with huge smiles on their faces. They were so happy to participate and thanked the kids for asking them to contribute. We are our best selves when we are helping others.
Look at this room full of food. Each item represents one child of God loving another.
What a beautiful sight.
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