Tabitha - Food Bank - Serving Others (1)
Read and discuss the parable of the good Samaritan (see Luke 10:30–37). Plan and complete a service project that helps a family member or neighbor. After completing the project, discuss how it helped your faith grow stronger. - Serving Others (1)
This activity started back in January. At our last activity in January, I announced we would be doing our big service project of the year (this is a new thing I am starting). I introduced the Faith in God requirement, and asked them to read the parable of the Good Samaritan and to really get in to this service project.
Before, I had contacted our local food bank, asked for a tour, and set up a digital food drive. The food bank made a webpage with a link our Activity Days girls could give out, where people could go online and click which food items they wanted to donate. The website gives them a total cost and the people pay the cost with a credit card, never having to search through their pantry, or go to the store, yet still helping out our food drive.
I encouraged the girls to collect food from neighbors, family and friends, and to email and text out the link. Every two weeks I would send an email or text reminding the parents to read and discuss the parable of the Good Samaritan, to collect food, and to distribute the link.
On Sundays the girls announced their food drive in Relief Society and passed out flyers with the link and asking for donations.
Now, almost two months later, we were done! We took all the donated food and met at the food bank. They gave us a tour and graciously received our donations. They talked to us about the food banks and then we left. In the parking lot we had our opening stuffs and I gave a lesson on Tabitha, which I didn't have time to type up (Sorry!). We ended with our friendship circle.
Our girls collected almost $200 and over 150 lbs of food!
This activity started back in January. At our last activity in January, I announced we would be doing our big service project of the year (this is a new thing I am starting). I introduced the Faith in God requirement, and asked them to read the parable of the Good Samaritan and to really get in to this service project.
Before, I had contacted our local food bank, asked for a tour, and set up a digital food drive. The food bank made a webpage with a link our Activity Days girls could give out, where people could go online and click which food items they wanted to donate. The website gives them a total cost and the people pay the cost with a credit card, never having to search through their pantry, or go to the store, yet still helping out our food drive.
I encouraged the girls to collect food from neighbors, family and friends, and to email and text out the link. Every two weeks I would send an email or text reminding the parents to read and discuss the parable of the Good Samaritan, to collect food, and to distribute the link.
On Sundays the girls announced their food drive in Relief Society and passed out flyers with the link and asking for donations.
Now, almost two months later, we were done! We took all the donated food and met at the food bank. They gave us a tour and graciously received our donations. They talked to us about the food banks and then we left. In the parking lot we had our opening stuffs and I gave a lesson on Tabitha, which I didn't have time to type up (Sorry!). We ended with our friendship circle.
Our girls collected almost $200 and over 150 lbs of food!
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