Grace Kids Service Opportunity

Please see below for an opportunity for your children to participate in a service opportunity with MCEF (Mechanicsville Churches Emergency Functions)

The holidays are coming up soon and MCEF will be giving out extra food to patrons during the month of November.  Along with their regular bags of groceries, our pantry patrons will receive a pre-packed grocery bag (no turkey this year) containing the following items for Thanksgiving dinner:  

1 box stuffing mix

1 can or envelope gray mix

13 oz. box instant potatoes

2 cans green beans

1 can (reduced sodium) mushroom soup

1 can french fried onions

1 box roll mix

1 box pie crust mix

1 can pumpkin pie filling (or any type of pie filling)

1 can yams

1 can cranberry sauce
Thanksgiving pre-packed grocery bags will be handed out to families visiting the pantry, from the last week of October through the end of November.  Each family can visit the pantry once a month and we want to be sure everyone receives a holiday bag before Thanksgiving. 

If you would like to participate in this service opportunity please plan to bring bags to church on Sunday, October 23rd.  You could partner with another family to fill a bag as well.  I will deliver the bags and food items to the Pantry the following week.  Encourage your children to add a decoration to the bag.  We are planning on incorporating this service opportunity into a preschool play date early in November.