HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Kids’ Food Basket officials are challenging people to help decorate 150 lunch bags by Sept. 30, 2021 — Brown Bag Decorating Day.
The want to use the bags for the non-profit’s Sack Supper program, which helps feed children and families in Ottawa, Allegan, Kent, and Muskegon counties.
“We feed our future by providing healthy, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals on a daily basis to children and families in need,” said Bridget Clark Whitney, CEO and founder of the charity. “Decorating bags is a way to add a touch of love to every Sack Supper that goes to nourishes a child who is struggling with food insecurity. With every bag decorated bag by our community, we take one step closer to realizing a hunger-free West Michigan for all.”
Bag will be collected all month leading up to a Brown Bag Decorating Day drive-through party set for noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 30, at each of the
three Kids’ Food Basket locations.
Attending the drive-through on Sept. 30 isn’t required. People can drop off the decorated bags at any Kids’ Food Basket location from 10:30 a.m. through 2:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Or, people can mail decorated bags.
Since the bags are used as public schools, organizers ask the people refrain from political and religious messages.
The bags also need to be free of paint, glitter, feathers or stickers, as they can come off in the food.
Learn more about Brown Bag Decorating Day at kidsfoodbasket.org/opportunities/brown-bag-decorating-day.
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