Another successful school year comes to an end for Resurrection’s Weekender Backpack Ministry. Some of Resurrection’s young people gathered during Learning Hour on Sunday, May 8 to pack the last week of sacks. Over 11,000 sacks of food and 960 jars of peanut butter have been distributed this school year—a record for this ministry!
The Resurrection Weekender Backpack Ministry needs your donations to support the largest number of children served in this ministry’s history. Please consider supporting this ministry by participating in a variety of donation opportunities.
Resurrection joined efforts with Perry Township Schools and Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten Academy (DMKA) to help students, their families, and other residents at the Capital Place apartment complex after water was shut off to the complex.
Thank you to a great group of volunteers for packing 7,044 Nutri-Plenty® meals during the Pack Away Hunger event at Resurrection on Saturday, Jan. 29. These meals will be included in the sacks of food shared weekly with 322 local elementary students through the Resurrection Weekender Backpack Ministry. Check out photos from the packing event.
Donate 16 oz. jars of creamy peanut butter for the 329 students served by this ministry over winter break. Place on the Weekender shelves in the Breadbox by Sunday, Dec. 5.
RLC member, Scott Poore, and his Thrivent team are hosting an outdoor paper shredding event at RLC Saturday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m – noon to benefit RLC’s Weekender Backpack Ministry. Includes free onsite shredding, refreshments, and a chance to win a Thrivent Action Team gift card. Please bring a donation of 16 oz. jars of peanut butter.
Check out photos from Sunday, Nov. 21 when Resurrection adults and youth packed nearly 700 food sacks for the Weekender Backpack Ministry during Learning Hour!
The first Weekender Backpack Ministry packing was on Wednesday, Aug. 18. Join us for our next packing event at Resurrection on Wednesday, Sep. 8 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the education hallway facing Perry Park.
The Weekender Backpack Ministry Team held its final packing of the 2020-21 school year in May. Thank you to all who helped in so many ways.
RLC’s Weekender Backpack Ministry continues packing food – and hope – this spring! Along with the usual spring break food bags containing extra food, the Weekender team was also able to prepare and send special Easter bags home with students prior to the beginning of spring break.
