Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays will be here soon. Holidays like these can affect us in so many ways. I am hoping the information below will provide you with some ideas for helping others and that doing so will bring you great joy.
Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays mean school will be out and therefore breakfast and lunch for kids will not be there. Several kids are in the backpack program which sends food home for them over the weekend. This will help at Thanksgiving. The Christmas break will be for two weeks. The Nehalem Grade school is also collecting food to send home with the children. You can donate food at the following drop-off places, Mohler Co-Op, RTI Nehalem, North County Recreation District, Wild in Manzanita, Nehalem Food Mart, and Nehalem Elementary. The name of this Food Drive is called “Let’s Share & Care”. This program is currently running and will continue until December 18th. Among the items needed are cereal, bread, pasta, rice, healthy snacks, flour, sugar, peanut butter, jelly, tuna, beans, canned tomatoes, soups, corn, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, chicken, and vegetable broth. You can buy one of each item or just one item to donate and you are going to know you made a difference. Contacts for this program, which is run by the Family Resource Center at the Nehalem Grade School Coordinator, heavenh@nknsd.org. You can call and talk with someone at 503-355-3639. Checks can be mailed to Nehalem Elementary, PO Box 190, Nehalem, Oregon, 97131.
In another message let me get back to you with the local programs in our area who need extra help this time of year. Thank you for helping!