Mary Welsh (left) accepts a $150 gift for the Food Shelf and Judy Perkins receives $650 for the Backpack and Summer Extras programs from Dave Jewell, president of the Kiwanis Club.
Summer Extras Program is to help low-income families provide nutritious food to their children who are home during the summer and not receiving free or reduced price breakfasts and lunches at school.
Bags of food items much like Backpacks bags are packed based on the number of school-age children in the family. Easy-to-prepare items such as peanut butter, mac ‘n’ cheese, granola bars, cereal, fruit and yogurt are good options.
During the summer of 2014, the Food Shelf provided extra food for about 120 children each month from June through August.
Dave Jewell said, “As president of the Kiwanis Club, I am proud that our organization is able to assist the children in our community to make the quality of their life a little better.”
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