310 S 4th St
Clinton, IN 47842
USA
Backpacks are packed each week during the school year.
Volunteers welcome.
Food donations are welcome all school year! We avoid items with nuts or peanut butter in the
ingredients list. While we expect to send 200-250 bags of food each week, the bags are
often not identical, so smaller donations are accepted. Common foods include 100% juice box, individual cereal, canned pasta (ravioli,
spaghetti o’s, etc.), block of ramen, fruit cup, and applesauce cup. When we get
donations or inexpensive snack items, we include those, too. Examples of snacks would be small packages of cookies, chips, pretzels, microwave popcorn (any size), fruit snacks, Pop-Tarts, oatmeal pies, etc.”
Financial Contributions–Shelby continues, “In many cases, we’ve
identified the most cost-effective places to purchase our regular items, so financial contributions may go further.
Checks can be made out to Clinton First with BackPack clearly marked in the memo or made out to CFUMC BackPack Program. Members can place these in offering plate, and they will be acknowledged on their giving statement. Donations may also be sent to Clinton First United Methodist Church BackPack Program, PO Box 186, Clinton, IN 47842, and they’ll be acknowledged in a separate letter.
Questions can be emailed to backpackbags@hotmail.com or just ask Shelby.
The church has donated the space. Elanco and the church have donated the shelves and tables. All the work is done by volunteers. That means donations go entirely to getting food to the children!!!”
