05/23/2025
In classes, we talk about the importance of kindness and of helping others out. In November, we run a food drive to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Now we have another opportunity to reach out to our community. The only cost is about 3-4 hours of time.
The Civic Center has sent us a signup sheet to help with food distribution, etc. in our community. It is a great way to teach your family the value in giving back. It is also a chance to support our school and the Civic Centre. Please read the information below. There are limited slots available and they are only on one Saturday a month. We hope that some of you will join in helping out.
From the Shawnee Civic Centre:
This will be our 3rd year of running Mobile Wellness Hubs at Shawanoe Elementary here in Shawnee.
These events serve food that impact hundreds of individuals in our community.
We are looking for help distributing the food we receive from Harvesters.
Basically your group(s) would come and help sort and then distribute food to the families and individuals who come to these events.
The time frame for volunteering is 8:15-11:45 on these Saturdays. The food distribution is 9am-11am, so this gives us some time prior to and after to setup and cleanup.
Please consider this as a great opportunity for your group to help out Shawnee and JoCo residents!
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