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MLK Service Project

January 15, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 am

For Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year we are collaborating with our siblings in Christ at Trinity Swarthmore who are hosting their 9th annual MLK project in support of Caring For Friends and other non-profit organizations which provides meals to individuals who have little to no food and shelter resources.

This is a service project with at-home participation. If you would like to participate, on your own time, make breakfast bags and enclose a hand-made note or card. How ever many bags you make need to be dropped off on the morning of Sunday January 15th at CCRP. Trinity’s goal is to collect 1,000 breakfast bags! Let’s help them reach their goal!

How to make breakfast bags:
Directions from Trinity Swarthmore’s website

Step 1: Gather breakfast bag items

Each breakfast bag contains one of each of the items below:

  • Single serving cold cereal OR single serving instant oatmeal
  • Apple sauce cup OR fruit cup (no grapefruit)
  • Juice box (no grapefruit)
  • Breakfast Bar
  • Single serving hot cocoa OR tea bag
  • One gallon-size Ziplock bag per breakfast bag
  • Please do not include perishable items in the breakfast bag

Step 2: Make a hand-made note

  • Use color paper, markers, colored pencils, water colors, stamps, crayons – anything to make a cheery note
  • Think about the person that will be receiving your hand-made note, maybe say a prayer for that person, too
  • Everyone in the family can participate, let your creativity soar!
  • Don’t forget to include an uplifting greeting on the inside, perhaps start out your message with “Dear Friend”
  • For your convenience, click here and here for a selection of pre-printed insert messages to cut out and paste onto your homemade card

Step 3: Put the food and note in a ziplock bag

  • To assemble the breakfast bag, please place one of each breakfast bag item listed in Step 1 plus your hand-made note into a ziplock bag
  • Don’t forget to seal the bag, please!
  • Each filled ziplock bag is considered one breakfast bag

Step 4: Drop off the assembled breakfast bags to Christ Church on the morning of Sunday, January 15th.

We are looking for one volunteer to drive CCRP’s collection of breakfast bags over to Trinity on MLK day, MOnday the 16th. Their drop off window is from 11:30-1pm. Please reach out to Mackenzie if you can volunteer to deliver.

Details

Date:
January 15, 2023
Time:
8:00 am - 11:30 am