Hunger Month at Watermark
GIVE: Stuff the Truck Food Drive
When: June 13 * 20* 27 - Before and after all services
Where: Watermark (look for the truck parked between the Worship Center and Watermark Tower)
What to Bring: Nonperishable items. See list below
Benefiting: Network of Community Ministries and Brother Bill's Helping Hand
FOLLOW THE CANS: GO & SERVE
GO
1. Help Receive Food Donations at Watermark
When: June 13 * 20* 27 (before and after all services)
Where: Watermark
What to Do: 10 people per service needed to set up, receive donations, load the truck, etc.
What Else: Sign-up by email here
2. Deliver, Unload and Sort Donations
When/Where:
- June 15 @ Brother Bill’s
- Week of June 20 @ Network of Community Ministries
- June 29 @ Brother Bill’s
What to do: drive truck, deliver food, unload, sort donations
What Else: Sign-up by email here
SERVE
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand – Grocery Store
Wednesdays/Thursdays 10:30-12:30 (family friendly)
- Unload truck Monday mornings
- Wednesdays /Thursdays visit with neighbors and help with distribution of food during Grocery Store
- Restock shelves in the afternoons
- Sign-up by email here
Network of Community Ministries – Big Meals for Little Kids
June 14 – July 23
- Prepare and pack sack lunches for children in the RISD school district that would normally receive food at school. 25 volunteers needed.
- Deliver sack lunches to apartment complexes in the area – drivers needed!
- Sign-up by email here
The Stewpot – Summer Survival Kits
- Fill gallon zip lock bags with non-perishable items that will make this summer a little easier for the homeless.
- Write notes of encouragement, inspiration and support with scripture inside the bag.
- Deliver to The Stewpot, 1822 Young Street, Dallas 75201
- Sign-up by email here
Grocery List
FOOD
Cereal
Flour
Sugar
Pasta and Sauce
Dry Pinto Beans
Beans
Rice
Tuna (& other canned protein)
Chili
Fruit Cocktail cups
Pudding cups
Mac & Cheese
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Canned Soup
Canned Vegetables
PERSONAL ITEMS
Hand Soap
Toothpaste
Deodorant
Toilet Tissue
Kleenex
Shampoo
Disposable Razors
Shaving Cream
Feminine Hygiene
Products
All Laundry Products
BABY ITEMS
Juice
Baby Food
Diapers (all sizes)
Tips–Do bring:
Small sizes (not economy sizes of peanut butter, etc .)
Personal care items (items that can’t be purchased with food stamps)
Non-perishable foods
Tips–Don’t bring:
Open containers of food
Homemade or home canned food
Shellfish such as clams or shrimp
Items that require fresh meat or eggs
STUFF THE TRUCK FOOD DRIVE— WHERE WE’RE HELPING
Network of Community Ministries
- Serves the 14 zip codes that reside in the RISD district
- Assists 600-700 families a month
- Distributes more than 10,000 pounds of food a week to families
- 45% are singleparent households
- 60% of all children living within the RISD district are below the poverty level
Brother Bill's Helping Hand
- Serves families in West Dallas by meeting practical needs and offering relationships, education services and encouragement to families in West Dallas
- In 2005, 687 households in West Dallas made more than 13,000 visits to this community ministry, which offers everything from a clothes closet and food pantry to ESL classes and Bible studies.
