Food for Kidz Event Coming to LUHS This Fall

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“Food for Kidz” is coming back again! Now more than ever, the need for food is increasing due to higher costs for food, gas and inflation and as a result our community-wide multigenerational “Food for Kidz” food repackaging event will be held on October 22, 2022 at Lakeland Union High School! Please MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

This ongoing event, now sponsored by the Lions District 27-C2, normally draws approximately 600 volunteers each October to the school to repackage bulk food into nutritious meal-size packets for families. These meals are then packed into cases for distribution to the local food pantries, the local back pack program (coordinated through Ascension Lutheran Church) and to needy starving children around the U.S. and the world.

Last year, the Lions District 27-C2, raised over $20,000 to purchase the bulk food and packaged 150,000 meals for 8 food pantries and the backpack program. Any excess food was then sent to areas of greatest need throughout the US and world by Food for Kidz.

The need within our own community is increasing daily! We are definitely planning to do the in-person event. Our goal is 175,000- 200,000 meals this year to be packaged in 4 short hours. Our Lions Club International President Brian Sheehan’s theme is “Together We Can…” and “Together WE WILL…make this “Food for Kidz” event a HUGE SUCCESS! It can be done with your support whether financial or as a volunteer or both!

The Lions District 27-C2 Hunger Committee Chair, Laura Bertch, is again asking for monetary donations to support the purchase of the bulk food this year. “This event would not happen without the dedication and service from our entire community: churches, organizations, businesses, individuals, youth and area Lions Clubs. Our hope is that this year will be an even stronger year for donations. The inspiring in-person involvement of this event, will help us reach the goal that we established. Past committee chairs, volunteers and sponsors have dedicated themselves to this event for over 14 years.”

Fundraising has also begun already and will continue until October 1st! Donations of any size are welcome and will provide meals for the local food pantries. All donations (of any amount) made to Food for Kidz are tax deductible and all donation checks to this event should be made out to “Food for Kidz” and mailed to Food for Kidz, c/o Boulder Junction Lions Club, Attn.: Laura Bertch, PO Box 61, Boulder Junction, WI 54512. (Food for Kidz is a non-profit 501(c) 3 humanitarian organization in Stewart, Minnesota confronting world hunger by providing balanced, highly nutritious food for starving children around the world.)

Volunteer sign ups can be easily made at signup.com/go/gxzaVac; use the QR Code below or by calling Meghan Anderson at 715-614-3816 or Laura Bertch at 715-892-1204 if you have questions.