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MSS Volunteers!

Food For Kids Summer Project

This project builds upon already existing Summer Feeding programs funded by the USDA. The USDA programs provide a breakfast and lunch to eligible children, much like the reduced price/free meal programs during regular school sessions. What makes the Food For Kids project unique is that we do two things: 1. Provide an evening meal (through Friendship House—they are preparing these meals); 2. Providing children with a bag of groceries to take home for the weekend. Instead of two meals a day, three; instead of 5 days a week, every day of the week.

We estimate that we will need to produce 25,000+ bags per week by the second week of July, and maintain that level through August. Volunteers are needed to package these bags at our DC location, 645 Taylor Street, NE. We set up an assembly line, and everybody has a sheet that tells you how much of which product to place in the bags as they pass in front of you. Some volunteers serve as the supply line, replenish needed items, hauling away trash, and loading completed boxes of bags onto pallets.

RSVP to join the Minnesota State Society on Satuday, August 17 in volunteering for this important project. Contact Marcia Gustafson by Monday, August 12, at marcia@mnstatecociety.org to volunteer.