Family Promise/Interfaith Hospitality Update
I’d like to thank Cathy McCracken for helping me transition to the role of coordinator of Family Promise of Warren County (FPWC aka IHN). She’s has done a marvelous job for many years, and she was extremely helpful for my first rotation in October. According to the folks at FPWC, the October rotation was very successful. I truly appreciate everyone that helped with cooking meals, providing goodie bags, and buying breakfast and lunch staples. I am continually impressed with the generosity of our church.
The next rotation will be January 2nd through January 9th. Since it falls so close to the holidays, we’re asking everyone to donate goodie bag items now and non-perishable food staples in late December. We anticipate at least 3 families and, although we don’t know exactly how many children will need goodie bags, we normally need 3-5 items for each goodie bag for about 10 children of various ages each time. You can bring the donated items to the church or order them from our Amazon wish list.
Suggested Items for Goodie Bags:
8-10” all-occasion colorful gift bags
Board books
Small toys
Coloring books
Activity/sticker books
Puzzle books
Puzzles
Play-doh
Mechanical pencils
#2 Pencils
Cute erasers
Pens
8-10 pack large crayons
12-24 pack crayons
Washable markers
Colored pencils
Note/sketch pads
Kid toothbrush w/toothpaste
Crafts
Food Staples (Non-Perishable)
12-14 oz boxes cereal (kid friendly)
6-pack breakfast bars or poptarts
6-pack granola bars
Apple sauce cups
Fruit cups
Small peanut butter
Small jelly
Snack size chips
Small mustard
Peanut butter and/or cheese crackers
Pop-top cans of soup/ravioli (kid friendly)
6-pack mac & cheese cups
Hand soap
Pump sanitizer Hand lotion
Big box tissues
If you have an Amazon account, you can easily look through our list and buy directly. The items can ship straight to us!
Thank you!
Pamela Bowman
