Full Tummy Project

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."  1 Corinthians 10:31

A sad but true fact of life is that there are children all over the world who do not have enough to eat.  An even harder fact to swallow is that many of these kids live right here in Athens, AL, and are in class sitting right next to our kids.  As the economy continues to struggle, so do many parents struggle to make ends meet, pay the bills, and put food on the table.  Unfortunately, many cannot do so.

To that end, a new initiative has been started in Athens by a concerned Mom and her friends to help keep these kids' tummies full over the weekend.  Many kids benefit from a free breakfast and lunch at school during the week, but over the weekend, they do not have enough to eat.

The Mission Athens team is committed to helping spread the word about this wonderful initiative called, "The Full Tummy Project."  If you would like to help, you can click on the link to their website from right here on our blog at http://www.fulltummyproject.org/ for a full list of items that can be donated.

The Full Tummy Project team is working to create bags of food to send home in kids' backpacks on Friday afternoons.  They are collecting foods that do not require any preparation.  For example, ready to eat, easy to open items that require no cooking are perfect for these kids. 

For health and safety reasons, all items must be single serve/individually packaged items.  Items such as individual servings of healthy cereals, granola bars, peanut butter crackers, 100% juice boxes, Chef Boyardee pop-top meals, ready to eat soups (not condensed), spaghetti-os, applesauce cups, trail mix, etc. are all great donations.  For a complete list of items needed, please see the "shopping guidelines" section of their website.

Donations may be dropped off at Julian Newman Elementary School, Brookhill Elementary School, or Lindsay Lane Baptist Mothers' Morning Out Program.  As the temperatures drop and utility bills rise, tight family budgets get even tighter, and each week we are identifying even more children who can benefit from this program.  Thank you in advance for donating and helping keep kids' tummies full right here in Athens!