October 2017
We have a Vendor Fair coming up this month on October 22nd at the Livonia Senior Center, click the link for more information 2017 VENDOR FAIR
4th Annual Bowling for Backpacks fundraiser is November 18 2017 at Merri-Bowl in Livonia. Please view the flyer for all event information 2017 Bowliing Flyer Click on the link below to purchase tickets and learn more about the event: https://guestlist.co/events/482241V . To sponsor a lane or for donations for this event please view these forms 2017 Sponsorship Form 2017 Bowling Sponsorship Opportunities
Thank you to the Churchill High School Girls Volleyball teams for their canned food, Meijer gift card and monetary donations drive, click the link for more detailed information:
THANK YOU for some generous donations we’ve received last month!
Trinity Health donated $5270 at their summer picnic.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church donated $1023 from their Cruise for a Cause event
DREAM DINNERS! A wonderful time was had by all, putting together such luscious meals as Dill Marinated Shrimp with Pasta, Lemon Villa Chicken with Garlic Asparagus Spears, and Sizzling Sirloin Beef Fried Rice. We all went home with 3 meals for our families, having also snacked on some pretty yummy samples. And to top it off, $10 from every purchase was donated to Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia. Talk about a win-win situation!
Welcome to new Steering Committee members! We are excited to have 3 new members join our team: Denise Murray, Heather Belcher, and Cindy Larson! It is great to have new ideas and energy on board!
“Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia” is part of the national Blessings in a Backpack program that addresses the problem of childhood hunger. Each week backpacks are packed by volunteers and distributed to the participating Livonia Public School children who are considered “food insecure”.
Currently, we provide eligible children at Garfield Elementary, Rosedale Elementary, Kennedy Elementary, Randolph Elementary, Webster Elementary, and Johnson Upper Elementary in Livonia, Michigan with weekend food backpacks during the school year, for a total of 225 children. In the summer, we send home big boxes of cereal in our attempt to answer the need for summertime nutritional assistance.
In Livonia Public Schools, there are nearly 4,000 students eligible for free or reduced lunches. Many of these children do not receive sufficient meals or nutrition on the weekend either. The unfortunate result is that many students return to school on Mondays tired and hungry and are unable to concentrate or care about their studies. There is still a lot of work for BIAB-Livonia to do!
Blessings in a Backpack – Livonia is run by a group of volunteers from Livonia who form the Steering Committee, and is associated with the national office of Blessings in a Backpack (http://blessingsinabackpack.org/). Meijer Food supplies the food to fill our backpacks at a greatly reduced price. It costs BIAB-Livonia $100 – $110 to feed a child each weekend for a school year.
