| H.E.A.R.T.S. Homeschoolers Educating, Assisting, & Reaching-out Through Service |
May-June Project: Food
During the months of May & June, H.E.A.R.T.S. participants are collecting &
donating food to their local food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.
To Participate In This Effort Please:
1) Select a recipient. If you don't have a recipient in mind, here are a few links that may
help: HOMELESS SHELTERS - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS - SOUP
KITCHEN - NO KILL ANIMAL SHELTERS .
2) Contact the recipient of your choice to confirm delivery details.
3) Begin collecting donations - either by purchasing food to donate - or by collecting
food from others to donate. OR make arrangements to donate TIME to the
recipient of your choice.
4) Include a note identifying yourself as a participant in this H.E.A.R.T.S. community
service effort.
5) (OPTIONAL) Submit a press release (see below for prepared press release – or write
your own if you prefer) sometime during the month of May (or as near that date as
possible.) If you are able to, it would be great to also submit a "wrap-up" press release
(and pictures if possible) after you have completed your project as well. - [If you
compose any press releases for any project we would be grateful if you would
send a copy H.E.A.R.T.S. as well - for posting on our website -- for by other
participants and/or posting on the “Bulletin Board" - they are GREAT inspiration!]
- Press Releases are always optional - but encouraged and *appreciated*!!
6) Sometime during the month of June (or as near that time as possible) deliver/volunteer
as arranged with your recipient.
Thank you for your participation!
Together we can change our world!
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Homeschoolers With H.E.A.R.T.S Launch Food Drive (YOUR CITY/STATE) During the months of May and June, homeschoolers who are associated with the organization H.E.A.R.T.S. (Homeschoolers Educating, Assisting, & Reaching-out Through Service) will be participating in various food drive activities in a myriad of communities across the United States. Hundreds of homeschoolers are expected to participate in activities which will benefit a diverse range of food banks, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and no kill animal shelters throughout the U.S. and beyond. While some homeschooling families will simply grow or purchase extra food to donate, others will establish donation stations in their homes or neighborhoods, and will solicit contributions. Other homeschoolers will be donating their time and energy to projects such as preparing and serving meals at their local soup kitchens, bagging groceries for delivery to homebound and at risk populations, or earning extra money to donate to food based charities. Studies carried out by the Census Bureau and the US Department of Agriculture in 2003 indicate that in the United States alone, 12.6 million households (11.2 percent of all households, or 36 million Americans including 13 million children) were categorized as living in food insecure households and/or households experiencing hunger. The Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture states that food insecurity occurs whenever the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways, is limited or uncertain. Hunger is defined as the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a recurrent or involuntary lack of food and is a potential, although not necessary consequence of food insecurity. Over time, hunger may result in malnutrition. Homeschoolers across America are actively engaging in activities to combat this daunting problem. For more information on food security and hunger in the U.S. visit www.ers.usda.gov and search “food security”. The particular page referenced in this article is: http://www.ers.usda. gov/Briefing/FoodSecurity/howoften.htm . To learn more about the organization H.E.A.R.T.S. please visit the H.E.A.R.T.S website at: http://www.h-e-a-r-t-s.org or email: admin@h-e-a-r-t-s.org. Together We Can Change The World! |
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