New Philanthropy Opportunity & Thanks from Thornwood
Two Ways to Help "Kids Meals, Inc"
We have a great philanthropy opportunity to help Kids Meals Inc. on Friday, December 3rd from 9:00 a.m. to noon. 'Kids Meals' is a local Houston organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children. There are two ways our members can participate. First, we have 10 slots reserved to volunteer in person, with the option for another 5 to participate. This group will work together to prepare and/or pack the meals.
Everyone can help in the second way, which is collecting healthy fruit items for the group. They are pretty specific in what they put in the meals; you can find the donation list below. I will have a bin on my front porch (510 Clear Spring Drive) starting Monday, November 1st. Donations will be delivered on December 3rd. If you want to make a donation, I would be happy to shop for you – just let me know☺
Donation List:
- Fruit Cups
- Applesauce
- Annie’s Fruit Snacks
- Munk Pack Fruit
- Buddy Fruits Apple Crisps
- Go Organically Fruit Snacks
- Welch’s Fruit Snacks (low sugar)
- Clif Kid Fruit Rope
- Fruit Crisps
- GoGo Squeeze Applesauce Packs.
Let’s make this a great showing for the NFWC! Please email or text me if you plan on attending and I will send you a link to their volunteer site to register. Once we have our group, we can put together carpools. Debbie Sohmer or 832-434-3916.
More About Kids Meals: They are a local Houston organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children. These children, 5 and under, often fall through the gap of social services relief as they cannot yet access school-based free meal programs. Each weekday volunteers prepare thousands of healthy lunches consisting of a sandwich, nutritious snack, fruit item, and 100% juice or milk. 11 vans deliver these meals Monday through Friday to the children enrolled in the program. Kids Meals currently serves 7,000 children per day across 42 Houston area zip codes. Kids Meals is located at 330 Garden Oaks, Houston, TX. 77018.
Thornwood Elementary Book & Coffee Drives Successful
Thank you to all who donated items and/or money to stock the Teacher’s Lounge at Thornwood Elementary (TWE). As many of you know, TWE gets very little parental support and does not have a PTA. Community support makes the difference for this school. On September 28, 2021, thanks to your generosity, I delivered a carload of over 500 Coffee pods, tea bags, hot cocoa, snacks, bars, creamers, and sweeteners. Vicki Lullo, the Principal, was over-the-moon thrilled.
Additionally, thanks again to your generosity, we were able to buy books from Teacher Wish Lists for the PreK and Kinder classrooms from the School Book Fair. This group is the best!
~ Debbie Sohmer, Philanthropy Chair
