Get excited!!
We're kicking off the Homework Club Snack Bag initiative again for the
fall semester and we need your help to make it a success!!
WHAT:
The Community Service Office organizes homework clubs Monday through Thursday
for several of our partner schools near campus in south Bethlehem.
Over 90% of the kids in these partnering schools and those
participating in homework clubs receive free or reduced lunches, meaning
their families live at or below the poverty line. While these kids
receive meals during school hours, food insecurities are a constant concern in the evening hours and, more importantly, on the weekends.
SO WHAT:
Some homework club kids
do not know when or where their next meal will come from. Processed
foods, junk foods, and fast foods are more affordable than nutritious
foods and healthy produce and homework club kids typically have less
access to fruits, veggies, etc. Family members may work long hours in
the evenings and weekends as well meaning traditional dinner time is not
commonplace for some of our homework club kids. With this in mind, the
Community Service Office provides snacks during homework clubs and two
fraternities also prepare a weekly dinner for homework club kids (thanks
Sig Ep and DU). It's no coincidence that on the days dinners are
served, there is a 100% attendance rate at homework clubs. HOWEVER,
that still leaves the weekends...
NOW WHAT:
Back by popular demand, the CSO and
fraternities and sororities have partnered to prepare and deliver
weekend snack bags for homework club kids. Chapters have the
opportunity to sign up for one Thursday
of the semester, prepare 40 snack bags for that date, and deliver them
to our Community Service Office on campus. They'll then be delivered to
the homework club kids. Snack bags should include healthy items such
as fruits, veggies, granola, cheese sticks, nuts, etc. More details on
logistics are included in the attachment. This is a great way to get
involved within the local community!!
HOW DO WE GET ON BOARD:
Email amb512@lehigh.edu to
sign your chapter up. Include a chapter contact and that person's
email address and phone number. Also include any particular date(s)
your chapter would like to sign up for (see below for a list of
available dates).
WHAT DATES ARE AVAILABLE:
Thursday,10/10Thursday, 10/17Thursday, 10/24Thursday, 10/31Thursday, 11/7Thursday, 11/14Thursday, 11/21Thursday, 12/5
More
information coming to a council meeting near you, but jump on the
bandwagon now. Dates will go quickly!! Let me know if you have any
questions!!
In Service,
Ashley Baudouin