The Hunger Experiment & Sack Lunches for The Open Shelter

WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR:**Ages 5-12. Adult caregivers are required to accompany child participants.    ALLERGY NOTE: We will be making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches during this event. WHAT WE’LL BE DOING: At this event, children will learn about hunger in our community through an interactive hunger experiment.  The activity, along with discussion, will bring to life the issue of food insecurity.  To take action in addressing the issue, children will be invited to make sack lunches for The Open Shelter, which distributes between 150-200 sack lunches each day to hungry and homeless individuals in our community.  Families will decorate an uplifting note to include in the bags, make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and assemble the sack lunches with additional food items.  HOW TO START AT HOME: Check out this resource [http://www.nhpdx.org/SWHope/SWHope_36_651635253.pdf] to get the conversation started at home. WHY YOU'LL BE ASKED TO PAY A SUPPLY FEE AND DONATE:  On the next page you'll be asked to pay a fee to offset supply costs for this event. These fees are non-refundable. If you have to cancel your registration later, please know that your fee will go toward our efforts to create more meaningful service-focused programs for Columbus-area kids.  You'll also be invited to make a tax-deductible donation to Seeds of Caring. Every time we're able to design, coordinate, and offer an opportunity for kids to give back, it's because we have the support of families like yours. Please consider making a generous gift to help us continue to empower kids to create a kinder community with their hearts, hands, and minds.   NOTE ABOUT FULL EVENTS: Check back for spots to become available at this event as cancellations occur. Seeds of Caring no longer maintains wait lists for full events.