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May Mission 2025
MAY MISSION 2025 – Project Bread - WALK FOR HUNGER
BACKGROUND: For 19 years Bill Bentley has participated in and completed the twenty-mile Walk for Hunger held annually by Project Bread. The actual 20-mile walk that took place in Boston for many years was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID. In 2022, the Walk for Hunger was promoted as a virtual walk to be completed locally. Bill planned his route. Walking it three times he achieved twenty miles! Since 2023 Project Bread has promoted a one-mile route through the Boston Common. Participants are encouraged to complete the one-mile loop three times, or as many times as they desire. Bill sticks to the 20-mile walk!
THIS YEAR: On Sunday, May 4th, the Walk for Hunger takes place at the Boston Common.
For Bill, this will be the 20thyear
he participates in the ‘Walk for Hunger’!
TWO WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE to help Bill exceed his
‘Walk For Hunger’ fundraising GOAL of $2,000!
On-Line Giving: Go to www.projectbread.org
Follow the directions:
1. After the site opens click on The Walk for Hunger 2025.
2. Click on 2025 Event. Scroll down to Support A Fundraiser. In box provided type William J Bentley Sr
3. Click on Bill’s Name
4. Proceed to select payment method and complete transaction.
IF On-line giving is not preferred, write a check payable to Central Congregational Church. On the memo line write ‘Project Bread’. We’ll make sure your donation is designated to benefit Bill’s fundraising effort.
Let’s support the work of PROJECT BREAD providing food to organizations that operate meal programs or pantries providing food for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.
In the picture below Bill is wearing his Walk for Hunger pin vest with the nineteen badges received for participation and fund-raising efforts. Over 19 years Bill has raised over $38,000.
He hopes to break $40K this year!
GET INTO THE ACTION! When you decide you’re donating, be creative!
1/ Why not consider a dollar amount per mile times the twenty miles Bill is walking.
2/Another option for ‘walkers! Set a personal donation goal per mile for yourself for one or several days in a selected week. Let’s say you’ll give $5 for every mile you walk. Enjoy your walk and contribute that amount toward Bill’s goal.
3/ Or make it a family fun walk! As a group, set your contribution goal per mile. Multiply miles completed by the number of walkers in your group.
Make your donation.
Lenore's Pantry
Serving families and the elderly in North Attleborough
UPDATE 04/25/2024
DONATIONS: Accepted any time Town Hall is open to the public.
Note: please do not bring large donations of food on Monday morning or on Friday, the carriages are NOT available due to food distribution on these days. Please bring all donations downstairs to the Board of Health office, there is no longer a drop off bucket outside for food donations. Thank you!
Another helpful way to donate to Lenore's Pantry is by purchasing Gift Cards to Stop-n-Shop in $10, $15, or $20 amounts. Gift Cards can be brought to the Board of Heath office or you make bring them to our Church Office on T & TH btwn 10am - 3pm. Please call first to be sure someone is in the office to receive your donations.
Thank you for your kindness and for thinking of those less fortunate during these times.
Many seniors supplement their fixed incomes by coming to the pantry for food assistance. Families living with food insecurity often need to visit the pantry to supplement their grocery budget. When donations are low, everyone gets less and sometimes the pantry shelves are bare. We can make a difference in the lives of people who live among us by simply picking up one food item (more if you are able) and dropping it off at church on Sundays or bring it to the church office during office hours. Thank you for your continued generosity.
Here are some suggested items...
- BREAKFAST Cold Cereals, Pop Tarts, Cereal Bars, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Muffin mixes, Non-Refrigerated juices including V8, and Juice Boxes, Parmalat Milk (in canned milk aisle).
- LUNCH Canned tuna, canned chicken, peanut butter, jams/jellies, Fluff, Spaghetti-O’s, ravioli, canned fruit, individual fruit cups (non-refrigerated), applesauce (large jars and individual cups).
- DINNERS Mac-n-Cheese, Hamburger Helper, Velveeta Skillet Dinners, rice and rice mixes like pilaf, instant potatoes such as scalloped, cheesy, mashed, etc., baked beans, pasta and sauce, Sloppy Joe Mix, pasta mixes(Pasta-Roni, etc.) and pasta salad mixes, (Suddenly Salad, etc).
- SNACKS Little Debbie Snack Cakes, granola bars, cookies, pretzels, chips, brownie mixes, cookie mixes in a pouch, pudding mixes and non-refrigerated cups, Jello, crackers such as Goldfish and Cheeze-It’s, Graham, and other snack crackers.
- MISC Mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, salad dressings, relish, pickles, non-refrigerated 100% juices, drink mixes such as Kool-Aid, lemonade, ice tea, etc., coffee, instant creamers, Gift Cards for $5-$10 to Stop-n-Shop, Market Basket or Shaw’s.
You may bring your donations to church any Sunday, or bring them to the church office during office hours.
PLEASE...remember to check the expiration dates on all foods you plan to donate. Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens cannot hand out expired foods and the church must throw them away before bringing donations to the Pantry or Kitchens.
Together, we can make a difference.
Thank you for being part of the solution to hunger in our community.
