Holy Name Against Hunger Food Packing Event ~ January 31, 2018 ~ 4 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

We are currently working on the online form for Holy Name Against Hunger 2018.

Please email Kelly Schumacher at kschumacher@hnoj.org with the names of the people in your packing party and the shift time you would like to attend.

On Wednesday, January 31, 2017, Holy Name of Jesus will host a food packing event in the gym from 4:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.  Impact Lives will facilitate this event.  This is the seventh year we are gathering as a community to pack food for starving families and children.

The goal of this service project is to help build awareness around those who have a greater need than us, and also to give our entire community an opportunity to work together through assembling and packing food.

Please Note:  We are gathering donations to help offset the cost of the food we will pack and ship.  We suggest that families signing up for a packing shift donate $60.  Individuals are encouraged to donate $30.  Donations can be made online (by clicking HERE) or at the check-in table at the event.  Checks should be made to Holy Name of Jesus with Impact Lives written in the memo line.  Special "Meal Bags" will be distributed to Faith Formation Students on Wednesday, January 10.  These "Meal Bags" are intended to hold change or small bills the students gather in support of our event.  Students are encouraged to return their "Meal Bag" when they come to the event.

Packing Shifts:  We will pack the food in 45 minute shifts.  Participants can sign up to pack at any of the following times:

• 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
• 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
• 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
  

Nursery Availablity:  We will have the Nursery open for the first two shifts of our food packing event.  If you have children under the age of five, we recommend signing up for either the 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. shift or the 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. shift.  Please contact Theresa Reichert at 763.745.3483 or via email at treichert@hnoj.org and let her know that you need space reserved in the nursery for your younger child(ren).  The younger children can play in a safe area while you and your older children experience the food packing event together.

Wednesday Fine Dining will be open in the Good Samaritan Center from 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.  We are excited to serve the very food we are packing for our poorer brothers and sisters.  Be sure to stop by the Good Samaritan Center before or after your packing shift for a taste of the simple meal we are providing others:  rice and water.

Core Volunteers Needed!

We are also seeking adults (ages 20 and up) to serve at this event as Core Volunteers.  Core Volunteers need to be at HNOJ from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on January 31.

Responsibilities of a Core Volunteer include:

    * Provide packing volunteers an orientation to their jobs
    * Help to direct, encourage and cheer on volunteers
    * Provide oversight to one packing station (10 volunteers)
    * Help to replenish supplies for your packing cell as they run low

If you are an adult interested in the Core Volunteer Role, please contact Theresa Reichert directly instead of registering for the event using the link above.  Contact Theresa at 763.745.3483 or via email at  treichert@hnoj.org.

Globally, one in six people do not have sufficient food.  Every day 18,000 children die of starvation.  Every box of food we pack at this event will feed 216 people; or a family of six for more than a month.