Goal One : 2009

Okay here is what our family will be doing for the rest of the school year as part of my goals for 2009...our church also does this...so I am thinking it is the same program but there are other things we can do at church to help the community! We did this at the start of the school year & it was nice but I always forgot to grab the things in the mad rush to get out the door on Sunday! Anyhow -

From the Temple website:

"Temple Backpack Program"
This will be an ongoing project that the City is helping with, and we are looking for community involvement with this as well! The program helps children that may not have a parent home with them all the time and might not have the financial means of getting all the groceries that they need. How the program works: The schools provide the “back” packs for the volunteers and we usually pick these bags up on Wednesday or Thursday, we then pack the bags on Thursday and try to deliver back to the selected schools on Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.What to pack: We are looking for non-perishable foods such as cup of soup, ravioli, grits, oatmeal, peanut butter, crackers, and because these are for children, they all like sweets too, so Debbie cakes, cookies, etc. We also like to pack apples, oranges and bananas. A donation box is located in the lobby of City Hall.This pack provides food that these children would not normally have, and that is easy enough for them to fix on their own and gives them food to last over the weekend. You can help by volunteering to pack, pick up or deliver these bags.
We always need food or monetary donations to help keep this program going and give back to our wonderful City of Temple.
Please contact Ashley Hulsey @ 770-562-3369 ext. 103