Bowls For Hope Help Kinnickinnic BackpackProgram Get Packing!

1. Bowls For Hope HelpKinnickinnic BackpackProgramGet Packing!

2. It Takes Many Helpful Hands to Fill a Backpack

3. How It All Gets Done! Step 1 An order for food is placed through then is delivered to the River Falls Community Food Pantry

4. Step 2 Takes place at the River Falls Community Food Pantry Dedicated volunteers unload the truck from Second Harvest Next they take it into the pantry The food is sorted and taken to Ezekiel Lutheran church where step 3 begins

5. Food to be put into the backpacks are set out on the back shelves on Wednesday evenings by the Ezekiel Lutheran church youth group.

6. Step 3 Volunteer (Darcy) explains the process for packing the bags to the kids from Greenwood Elementary

7. Danielle Anne Volunteers Anne and Danielle keep a close eye as the kids are filling the bags to be sure that nothing gets missed (rarely does anything get missed)-these kids are Awesome!

8. Nothing wrong with a treat or two or three every now and again! 

9. These kids take their job of filling the backpacks very seriously 

10. Happy to help! After the bags have been filled, Anne places food vouchers, recipes, or any other necessary inserts into the backpacks.

11. Care is being taken to secure the bags with Zip ties to prevent content from falling out, or unwanted items from getting into the backpack before they arrive home for the weekend.

12. Even a broken leg could not stop these dedicated Greenwood Elementary students from participating

13. Members of the River Falls High School “United Way Packers” take time to give back by volunteering once a month to pack backpacks.

14. After the bags have been packed and ziptied, each coded backpack is placed into their designated bins to be picked up by the volunteers who take them to the participating schools

15. Healthy Reward for a job well done!

16. Volunteers, John, Jerry and Morris (not in photo) deliver the backpacks to their designated schools on Thursdays

17. The empty backpacks are picked up on Mondays by Andy (not pictured), and on Thursday mornings by Loida. She sorts, checks to make sure they are in good condition, and keep track of missing backpacks. Then the process begins again

18. None of this would be possible without the help of our dedicated volunteers and supporters. Thank You! ~ Be Blessed

19. RFHS “United Way Packing” Crew Sue Florer The River Falls Community Dale Jorgenson's Ezekiel Lutheran Church Darcy Boock Sue Watters Kim Suhr John Maul Anne Anderson Bowls for Hope Loida Cook Amber Tubre Andy Domben Entire 3rd grade of Greenwood Elementary School Ed Paulson Esther Circle Salvation Army Staff of River Falls Community Pantry Jerry Knutson St. Croix Valley Foundation Danielle Peterson – Falcon Fellows Morris Morsoleck Second Harvest Heartland Cookies For A Cause Supporters Mary Jo Sutton Dick’s IGA Our Neighbors’ Place Kim Ruka A great big thank you to all who share of your time and talents!

20. RFHS “United Way Packing” Crew Andy Sue Florer Darcy Boock John Maul Anne Anderson Amber Tubre Loida Cook Picture Your Name Here…… River Falls Community Pantry Esther Circle Jerry Knutson Entire 3rd grade of Greenwood Elementary School Ezekiel Lutheran Church Morris Morsoleck Ed Paulson Our Neighbors place Kim Dick’s IGA