Bags of Hope

October 1, 2017

Bags of Hope
We are gearing up for our Fall Service Project – Bags of Hope. These are resealable, 1-gallon bags containing some food and non-food (personal care) products. A sample “Bag of Hope” is on display at the sign-in table. These bags are assembled by the older RE students using items that all the students bring to RE. Each class participates by bringing their designated items.

Class
Kindergarten
1^st grade
2^nd grade
3^rd grade
4^th grade
5^th grade

6^th grade

7^th grade
8^th grade

Items
Wet wipes – either in pop-up style containers or refill packets
6-10 small packages of pocket-pack facial tissue
6 individual servings of boxes of raisins
4-packs of individual servings of pudding, any flavor
6-8 cans of Vienna sausages
1 box of 1-gallon resealable bags, preferably the freezer kind (they are thicker)
6-8 individual servings of sandwich crackers, either cheese and peanut butter or cheese and cheese, NOT the scoop-able kind
20-30 pack of 16-oz bottles of water
6-8 packs of individual servings of applesauce, any flavor

Every grade level is also encouraged to bring packages of gum, breath mints, travel-sized bottles of hand sanitizer, shampoo, conditioner, or lotions, in addition to their designated items. You may begin bringing items next week, and leave them behind the sign-in table in the boxes provided. The deadline to bring items is November 8^th.
We are in need of volunteers to help separate the wet wipes. They come in containers of 50-120, and we will provide snack-sized bags to put 5-7 wipes in a bag. If you are able to help, please sign up on the clipboard next to the boxes of donated items behind the sign-in table. We will repackage wet wipes on October 18th. Also, we will repackage any wet wipes that arrive on November 8 ^th.
After the students assemble the bags, they will be for sale after classes on November 29 ^th and at the Masses on the weekend of Dec 2/3 for parishioners to purchase to share with the homeless. Please support us in this project, as we model to our students how to feed the hungry as Jesus taught us.
For I was hungry, and you gave me food. – Matthew 25:35