Weekly Update from Mary
Friday, August 16, 2024
Cookie/Cracker Program
SPL Hunger Warriors love helping others and thinking up new ways to make people feel special…Today, we will explain our cookie/cracker program…Each month, three or four Hunger Warriors donate cookies and/or crackers to be re-packaged into snack bags for Scranton Road Immanuel Lutheran Church’s Food Distribution Day and for the programs that Our Family Home Center creates for Seniors and Children…Snacks provide instant energy. Recently, we received turtle snacks box with a small cup inside to measure out the perfect amount of snacks to put in a snack bag. We have always re-bagged FISH snack donations to maximize the JOY of snacking.
Therefore, one may enjoy a store’s cookie and snack aisle to shop for treats for others. Another great idea for COG – Community of Goodness – donations. Who would think about the JOY a few cookies or a package of flavored crackers can provide. Marcs has packages of crackers for between $1.69 and $2.99, boxes of 18 snack bags for $8.49, two boxes of bagged Nabisco cookies for $9.99…Enjoy shopping your favorite snack for others
Donate Food
St. Paul Lutheran Hunger Warriors still need Food Donations throughout the summer months; so, let us all try to bring one or two food items when we are able to attend Church this summer: peanut butter, GRAPE JAM, Stew, Corned Beef, WIDE NOODLES, tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, canned vegetables, CANNED SLICED PEACHES, CEREAL, oatmeal variety packs, SPAM, canned Chicken Breast, RAMEN NOODLES, snacks for children. We need the above food items by Thursday, June 20, for the Immanuel Hunger Program Delivery. Bless you for putting the needs of others as a priority.
SPL Hunger Warriors needs food item donations. Please click the button below to see what else needs to be donated!
Plastic Container Program
Perhaps you are not aware of Hunger Warriors card and plastic container programs. We make card packets of new cards for the clients of the Redeemer Hunger & Crisis Center during the year and at Christmas.
Students at St. Paul Lutheran School also use the pictures from used cards to create placemats for the Redeemer Clients. We also use new cards to mail in our Cards For Others Program.
In addition, cleaned-up plastic containers are also bagged and sent to Redeemer Hunger & Crisis Center for clients to use…Styrofoam containers are used to create Halloween gift packages for Trunk & Treat in October…Therefore, clean-out your closets and storage areas for others.
SPL Hunger Warriors/Hunger Ministry/Mary’s Food Friends – Campaigns in 2024
- January – Immanuel, Redeemer, Trinity
- February – Parma, Trials For Hope, Church of the Ascension
- March – Calvary Lutheran, New Covenant, St. John Nottingham Food Programs
- April – St. Philips Our Daily Bread
- May – Lorain Cooperative Ministry & Redeemer & Immanuel
- June - Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland – 36th Annual Walk for Hunger – Zoo
- July – Lakewood Community Service Center & North Ridgeville Community Care
- August – Westlake Assistance Program & Faith Lutheran
- September – Parma Hunger & Our Savior Mayfield Heights
- October – Royal Redeemer & Zion Painesville & Christians In Action Olmsted Falls
- November - Redeemer, Immanuel, & Trinity
- December – Christ/Our Savior, & 300 each Center (Which Means that we need $7900 in December)
Mary & Chico will be at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Picnic in the cafeteria this Sunday – August 18 – to gather donations and share ideas with all members that enjoy helping others. Bless you weekly Journey With Jesus, Mary & Chico
