Fill A Backpack Full of Tuna, Rice & Beans
By Rebecca Born
GPHC, Inc. Executive Director
We need help stocking our backpack program.
The school lunch program helps meet the nutritional needs of kids through the week, but the backpack program aims to help address any nutritional gaps through the weekend and when students aren’t in school.
We’ve been loading up about 40 kids a week at Smith Elementary and would like to expand to our other Park Hill schools.
After recently seeing one little guy literally topple over, we’ve decided to go with soft sided items. That means we’re in the market for donated resealable bags of tuna, rice, beans and legumes as well as broth, milk and hummus/beans in cardboard packaging. If you can help with items like those in the photo, we’d really appreciate it!
Thank you so much, to the following Greater Park Hill neighbors who volunteered their time, donated food and other necessities, and joined or renewed their Greater Park Hill Community memberships during April and May. We are able to continue to serve our community because of your support and dedication.
Thank you to Rob Carmody and Jennifer Horsman, who are helping to build an interactive map for blockworkers who deliver newspapers throughout Park Hill.
The following volunteers helped bundle newspapers in May, for distribution throughout the neighborhood:
Jack Farrar
Tas Frashure
Janina Gotlin
Terri Johnson
Dennis Pearl
Patrick Quinn
Volunteers who have helped out at GPHC, Inc.:
Veronica D’Annibale
Jenny Dyer
Claudia Fields
Lola Hershberger
Louis Plachowski
Allison Rabinoff
Becky Richardson
Pam Washington
Donations
Beth Coldwell
Peter Coldwell
Patty Cordova
Peggy Forberg
Anniece Johnson
Rita Milton
Anne McLaughlin
Pam Moore
Nancy Rainwaiter
Geri Reinardy
Anne Sunderwirth
Andy Sweet
Karen Timmons
Amanda Valverde
George Washington
Jewel Weigs
Reed Wolff
Susan Wroble
AARP #995
Blessed Sacrament
Cake Crumbs and Patrons
Cure d’ Ars
Messiah Church
Montview Presbyterian
Park Hill Congregational Church
Park Hill Library and Patrons
If you are interested in volunteering, and want more information about what you can do to help, contact me at 303-388-0918 or email director@greaterparkhill.org
If you are interested in becoming a block worker to help deliver the Greater Park Hill News to your block each month, contact newspaper manager Melissa Davis at newspaper@greaterparkhill.org