Please help CAHS feed the youth in their community

June 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Pespi is offering the top 10 charities in certain categories funds for programs.    Mineral County has a 51% rate of children that qualify for free or reduced lunch.  What will they get to eat over the summer?

Please help CAHSnv.org & Mineral County feed their youth over the summer.  It is easy to vote and we can vote once per day.

Click here to vote:   refresheverything.com/feedmineralcounty Thank you…

Goals

  • Ensure Children Have At Least One Quality Meal a Day Over the Summer
Costs Associated With Use of Kitchen (School District Labor)

Overview

Background

Nearly 10 percent of Mineral County’s workforce has been laid off in the last six months. This program seeks to ensure that children can be fed over the summer.

This program will provide quality meals, including meats, vegetables, sandwiches, milk, and fresh fruit to 100 students in Mineral County.

Mineral County has a free and reduced lunch rate of 51%, which means that these children generally do not have a healthy meal outside of school, or over summer vacation. The summer feeding program would enable the community to provide for these children when school is out of session.

Key Deliverables:

Five lunches a week will be provided to Mineral County’s youth over the summer.

The lunches will be prepared at the school kitchen and delivered at the town park each summer weekday. Without the summer feeding program, the kitchen would be closed and the children may not have access to a healthy meal.

How will the 50K be Used?
$ 42,000 Cost of Food for Summer Feeding Program ($7 per child per day)
$ 4,000 Shipping cost to get food delivered from Reno (260 miles round-trip)
$ 3,999
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It's Party Time

December 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Hi There,

Well I am packing up the house like a crazy person. I know it is only a 3 hour drive and only one night, but with 4 kids? It will be interesting to say the least.

The concert/food drive is in need now more than ever. Remember the little town I told you about, the one I grew up in? Well the major employer (employs 75% of the town) just laid off 90 workers and thinks their are more to come. It will soon be a ghost town because there are not many places to work there.

We are hitting the concert, well have to hehehe, hubby’s gonna play a few songs with his bro and even my teenager is gonna sing.

Oh and I am making a “pig picken” cake. What’s that? A cake that makes ya wanna pig out. I’ll post the recipe later.

Have a wonderful weekend. I’ll try and post some pics soon.

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Please help this non-profit… CAHSNV.org help others

December 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

t is so easy to get lost in the shuffle during the holidays. I myself get lost in the typical “how are we going to do Christmas this year?” or “What are going to get them for Christmas?” Sometimes I forget that no matter how hard I think it is there are others that are suffering more than I want to imagine.

The little town I grew up in has a non-profit organization called CASHNV, they help families in need. Throughout the year they help with rent, utilities, food, and much more. During the Holidays they distribute food baskets and have an Angel Tree. The Angel tree has children in need listed on little Angels. CAHSNV does everything they can to get that child at least one present for Christmas.

These past couple years the economy has made the list of needs increase 10 fold and they can really use our help.

Now I know money is hard to come by right now, but every $1, $5, $10, $20 can go a long way. If you would like to help in another way, spread the word!  Maybe a sponsor could send food that way.

Ways to help:

  1. If your local, bring cans to the food drive here
  2. Send what you can here:
    P.O. Box 331
    Hawthorne, NV 89415
    (775) 945-2471CAHSNV@sbclglobal.net

Thank you so much for however you can help.

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