Warm a Heart with 'Sack Lunches with Spirit'

Hope and Friendship Foundation seeks donations, volunteers to lift the spirits of clients at missions, senior centers.

Warm a Heart with 'Sack Lunches with Spirit'

Hope and Friendship Foundation seeks donations, volunteers to lift the spirits of clients at missions, senior centers.

Hope and Friendship Foundation is encouraging members of the community to donate sack lunch necessities, notes of inspiration, support, valentines and if possible, to volunteer to help pack up to 500 “sack lunches with spirit.” The lunches will be distributed to Morningstar and Daybreak missions in Joliet, as well as to seniors who enjoy meeting for lunch at the Lemont Township Community Center with the CNN lunch program and seniors who reside at St. Francis Residence at Holy Family Villa.  Vounteers are needed to help assemble the lunches at 11 a.m. Feb. 9, at the Lemont Township office at 1115 Warner Ave., then delivered by friends of Hope and Friendship to friends at the missions and senior centers for their pre-Valentine’s Day lunches…

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Local Food Pantries Seeking Donations

Help your neighbors by dropping off food or making a monetary donation to Lemont Township.

The Lemont Food Pantries are in need of items to fill their shelves to provide help to local families in need – whether it’s due to a job loss, medical expenses – or simply living paycheck to paycheck. According to Terri O’Neill Borders, who works for Lemont Township and is the organizer of the Hope and Friendship Foundation, Lemont’s food pantries provide relief for families in the form of bag(s) of food and a voucher to Chipain’s Fresh Market  for meat and dairy products. “This small relief enables households to not have to choose between the cost of groceries or paying a bill or buying the items that are necessary, (such as) personal care items, gas for the car, medicine kids’ needs etc.” O’Neill-Borders said. “Your generosity provides …

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