Delavan-Darien School District recently issued the following announcement on September 03.
We are excited to announce a matching gift by Monroe Funeral Home to the Delavan-Darien Elementary Schools Food in a Backpack program. At the end of each school week, students at Turtle Creek and Darien Elementary School can receive a small grocery bag of food to tide them over for the weekend. Mac n’ cheese, soup and oatmeal are examples of items included in the bags. We are entering our seventh year of providing this service to our community children.
Historically, the Food in a Backpack program has been funded and distributed by five Delavan area churches: Christ Episcopal, First Baptist, Luther Memorial, Sugar Creek Lutheran Church and United Church of Christ of Delavan. Each congregation contributes $1000 to a general fund which can provide 50 children with a bag of food each week of the school year. Throughout the life of the program the numbers of children served has ranged from 85 – 110 students. Pat Tauscher from Monroe Funeral Home has stepped forward to help our community meet this need.
To kick start this community funding and community support, Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan is offering a challenge gift of up to $2000. You, your business or community service organization can participate by sending or bringing funds directly to Turtle Creek Elementary. Please mark your donations as “Monroe Challenge Grant” and make your checks out to “Turtle Creek Elementary School” which can be sent 324 Beloit Street, Delavan Wisconsin 53115.
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