Lake Orion Elementary Schools!
February 22nd - February 28th
February 22nd - February 28th
Another Fabulous Trivia Night in the Bag!
Thank You Lake Orion community for coming out to support Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion at our annual Trivia Night! It was another night filled with fun. Not only did we raise money to support our program but we also got lots and lots of food for our new "Feed the Need' high school initiative.
Thank You!
Thank You also to Charity Goodman Photography for taking photos throughout the evening. To view the photos, please click the button below.
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Packing! |
Changes for the 2016-2017 School Year
We are slightly changing the way in which we pack and deliver bags of food. Previously we received the food from Meijer every four weeks and then we packed and delivered every week. Starting the 2016-2017 school year we are streamlining the process. We are still going to take delivery of the food every four weeks as before but we are going to pack it all into bags on one day! Two weeks worth of food bags will be stored and two weeks worth of bags will be delivered to the schools. i.e. the food will be delivered to the schools every two weeks.
The kids will still get a bag of food every week - they will know no difference from before.
Therefore, there will be one big pack every four weeks. The pack will be done on a Wednesday morning and will likely take all morning. We are currently working through the process as a Steering Committee but once all the wrinkles have been ironed out, we will be opening up the packing to volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering to help pack, or any other area, please go to the Volunteer Tab and fill out the information.
Thank You!
We are slightly changing the way in which we pack and deliver bags of food. Previously we received the food from Meijer every four weeks and then we packed and delivered every week. Starting the 2016-2017 school year we are streamlining the process. We are still going to take delivery of the food every four weeks as before but we are going to pack it all into bags on one day! Two weeks worth of food bags will be stored and two weeks worth of bags will be delivered to the schools. i.e. the food will be delivered to the schools every two weeks.
The kids will still get a bag of food every week - they will know no difference from before.
Therefore, there will be one big pack every four weeks. The pack will be done on a Wednesday morning and will likely take all morning. We are currently working through the process as a Steering Committee but once all the wrinkles have been ironed out, we will be opening up the packing to volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering to help pack, or any other area, please go to the Volunteer Tab and fill out the information.
Thank You!
Because hunger doesn't stop on the weekend.......
Did you know that there are currently 1,500 school-age children in the Lake Orion community on the free / reduced lunch program and therefore at risk of weekend food insecurity?
But we, the Lake Orion community, can do something about this!
Blessings in a Backpack is a national organization that is currently in 42 states including Michigan.
Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion is a committee of parents, local business owners, community members and educators operating in partnership with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, and Meijer to provide at risk students with a backpack containing six nutritious meals to feed them over the weekend.
But we, the Lake Orion community, can do something about this!
Blessings in a Backpack is a national organization that is currently in 42 states including Michigan.
Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion is a committee of parents, local business owners, community members and educators operating in partnership with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, and Meijer to provide at risk students with a backpack containing six nutritious meals to feed them over the weekend.
$100 will provide a backpack and food to one child each weekend for an entire school year!
We are reaching out to all members of the Orion Community - parents, local businesses, community members. You can help in so many ways - volunteering your time (a lot of backpacks will need to be packed!), fundraising, donating resources, helping with transportation, monetary donations to name but a few.
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THANK YOU
GM Foundation!
A huge Thank You to the GM Foundation for their generous $10,000 grant!
We are so grateful to be able to add more students to our program this school year!
We are so grateful to be able to add more students to our program this school year!
