Lenten Giving Project

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Written By Holy Cross

  • Announcing a new service project for the Lenten Season here at HC. As you are very much aware, poverty and childhood hunger are a huge problem in our community. We would like to find a way to help if we can!

    We have worked out a donation schedule for each week of Lent. Each class will have a different food item to donate every week from March 3 - April 14. The Caring Crusaders are going to help us collect and then pack bags filled with food for us to donate to families in need in the Syracuse area. We hope to fill 15-20 bags each week of Lent.

    In addition to food donations, we are going to need plenty of grocery sized reusable bags.

    We appreciate any and all donations, however, please don’t send in extra large packages of anything, like you would get at Costco or BJ’s. Those oversized items make it more difficult to pack the bags. 

    We are hoping to share our love and commitment to service with our community during the Lenten Season! Thanks for all you do to make HC a special place!! 

    If you have any questions, please contact Pam Moquin. Thanks again! 

Donation Schedule

Items should be dropped off to your child's classroom by Thursday morning, as the Caring Crusaders pack the bags Thursday afternoons.

WEEK 1 March 3-7

  • Pre-K3 ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

  • Pre-K4 ~ Boxed/Cup Mac&Cheese

  • Kinder ~ Peanut Butter

  • 1st ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • 2nd ~ Packaged Tuna/Chicken

  • 3rd ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

  • 4th ~ Fruit Cups/ Applesauce/Raisins

  • 5th ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • 6th ~Pop Top Canned Soup

WEEK 2 March 10-14

  • Pre-K 3 ~ Pop Top Canned Soup

  • Pre-K4 ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • Kinder ~ Fruit Cups/Applesauce/Raisins

  • 1st ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

  • 2nd ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

  • 3rd ~ Boxed/Cups Mac&Cheese

  • 4th~ Peanut Butter

  • 5th ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • 6th ~ Packaged Tuna/Chicken

WEEK 3 March 17-21

  • Pre-K 3 ~ Packaged Tuna/Chicken

  • Pre-K4 ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • Kinder ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • 1st ~ Pop Top Canned Soup

  • 2nd ~ Fruit cups/Applesauce/Raisins

  • 3rd ~ Peanut Butter

  • 4th ~ Boxed/Cups Mac&Cheese

  • 5th ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

  • 6th ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

WEEK 4 March 24-28

  • Pre-K3 ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

  • Pre-K4 ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

  • Kinder ~ Boxed/Cups Mac&Cheese

  • 1st ~ Peanut Butter

  • 2nd ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • 3rd ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • 4th ~ Pop Top Canned Soup

  • 5th ~ Fruit Cups/Applesauce/Raisins

  • 6th ~ Peanut Butter

WEEK 5 March 31-April 4

  • Pre-K3 ~ Peanut Butter

  • Pre-K4 ~ Fruit Cups/Applesauce/Raisins

  • Kinder ~ Pop Top Canned Soup

  • 1st ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • 2nd ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

  • 3rd ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

  • 4th ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • 5th ~ Packaged Tuna/Chicken

  • 6th ~ Boxed/Cups Mac&Cheese

WEEK 6 March 7-11

  • Pre-K3~ Fruit Cups/Applesauce/Raisins

  • Pre-K4 ~ Granola/Cereal Bars (no nuts)

  • Kinder ~ Packaged Tuna/Chicken

  • 1st ~ Boxed/Cups Mac&Cheese

  • 2nd ~ Peanut Butter

  • 3rd ~ Crackers (goldfish, graham, cheese…)

  • 4th ~ Pop Top Canned Pasta

  • 5th ~ Pop Top Canned Soup

  • 6th ~ Cereal/Instant Oatmeal

Optional/Additional Items that would also be helpful are:

  • Fruit snacks

  • Beef jerky sticks

  • Fruit Juice boxes

  • Pudding Cups

  • Ramen Noodles

For the purposes of this project, we appreciate any and all donations. However, please don’t send in extra large packages on anything. That makes the bags more difficult to pack.

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