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"Feeding His Sheep" Weekend Food Program

The Salvation Army of Niles is continuing an initiative called Feeding His Sheep. The goal of this backpack outreach program is to provide balanced, nutritional meals to school children in our area over the weekends. Many children benefit from school meal programs throughout the weekdays. However, in these difficult economic times, we recognize that some families may be challenged to meet this need over the weekend. Our aim is to help children receive good nutrition, develop healthy eating habits and, in the process, help them have better attendance and academic performance. We believe this outreach can be a valuable tool in our children's scholastic achievements.

Children are selected to participate in this program by the professionals at the school that they attend. To maximize the success of this program requires parental participation and consent. The program is simple and works in this way; each week the child will receive a bag filled with breakfast, lunch and dinner components for Saturday and Sunday. Also, periodically included in the bags will be helpful information in the areas of health, nutrition, corps services and/or enrichment.

How Can I Help?

There are a number of ways you and/or your organization can become involved and offer support to this vital program. Please prayerfully consider the following:

Give a special monetary gift in celebration or remembrance of someone special.

Choose to sponsor one child for the full academic year for only $400.00.

Commit to sponsoring a given number of bags @ $11.00 per unit.

Sponsor a week’s worth of delivered bags for only $ 2,9000. 00

Organize a fundraiser for this event: we will be available to speak at your event.

Support this endeavor in prayer.

We welcome your comments and support for this innovative and dynamic program for our children in our community.

Feeding His Sheep Weekend Food Program - Love Beyond Hunger!