• Good Monday Morning. So nice to see the sun after the cloudy weekend we just had. A big thank you to the 24 volunteers we had last Friday. 96 boxes of food were packed providing 20,736 meals which will feed 57 kids for a year. The cost for that session was $6,013.44. We welcomed a few new people to our group this time. We welcome all and love seeing new faces serving with us so hope you will return and bring others with you. We serve the second Friday of every month from 9:00-10:45. The next two sessions are: June 9 and July 14  Anyone who would like is welcome to join in for an optional lunch afterwards at Portillo's.  Please sign up to volunteer by replying to this e-mail and I will get you registered. Just an FYI: Larry and I will not be at the June session as we will be in Sicily but I will still take care of your registration. I will be thinking of you so pack LOTS of boxes, please!!!

    1. A big thank you to everyone who was able to volunteer on Friday. We welcomed Marlene and Patricia as first-timers to our group! 137 boxes were packed providing 29,592 meals which will feed 81 kids for a year. Our time was well spent.  Mark your calendars and volunteer if you are able for our upcoming sessions. We volunteer on the second Fridays of the month from 9:00-10:45. Those next two dates are: May 12 and June 9

      1. Happy Monday! I just wanted to thank the six people who came to pack at the Feed the Need event yesterday. At the 12:30-2:30 session there were approximately 800 people volunteering to pack meals for hungry children everywhere. During that session there were 898 BOXES PACKED, 193,968 MEALS PACKED, and 531 KIDS FED FOR A YEAR!!!! It was an awesome and humbling experience! This is a yearly event so pencil in the third weekend in February 2024 and plan to pack meals for this deserving organization! Please continue to pray and give thanks for FMSC as they continue to provide meals for a very needy, hungry world! Blessings, Cindy Boult

        1. Aloha from Hawaii! and happy almost Valentines Day.  Thank you everyone who participated in last Friday’s packing session and Laura for passing on the stats in my absence. 12 people from our group packed 37 boxes. A total of 97 boxes were packed during the session which will feed 57 children for a year. The next two volunteer opportunities are: March 10 and April 14 9:00-10:45

          1. Dear FMSC Friends, The SUN is shining where I am-I hope you too are experiencing this long a waited for occurrence!  We had 14 volunteers last Monday at our packing event. A total of 78 boxes totaling 16,848 meals were packed which will feed 46 kids for a year. Bravo!  I have our group signed up through July to volunteer on the second Fridays of the month: February 10 and March 10 from 9:00-10:45 would be the upcoming dates. Please reply to this e-mail if you can join the group. Optional lunch at Portillo's follows the packing session.    FYI: Larry and I will be gone the month of February but I will still get you registered. (you all must be on your best behavior! Ha!). Laura Kline said she can help in our absence so please contact her with questions or cancellation. (Laura: plklein79@yahoo.com) I wanted to share with you an added opportunity to serve for FMSC. It's called Feed The Need. Please read the information below for details. Since I will be gone, Cindy Boult (cindy@cboult.com) has agreed to spearhead this and organize a group to participate. Its on a weekend so bring the whole family. Please e-mail Cindy if you are interested in being a part of this amazing group. It was through a group like this, that Larry and I first became involved with FMSC. I hope you will be able to participate. It's pretty amazing. Greetings All:   Happy New Year 2023!!   Hope all is well with you & your families.   As faithful FTN participants and supporters in prior years, I wanted to reach out to you in regard to this year’s FTN.   The 2023 FTN Event Leadership Team has decided it is time to bring this event back to prior years’ successes. We have set aggressive goals for FTN 2023. The goal this year is to pack 800,000 to 1,000,000 meals to feed the hungry children/people; the stretch goal is to match or exceed previous results(Pre-Covid). 4,000 - 5,000 volunteers are needed, as well as voluntary financial donations, to fund these meals, which are 25 cents each. The funding goal for FTN 2023 is to raise $240,000 to pay for these meals and associated costs that go with that.    As I am sure you can imagine, an event of this size and scope, takes many people working together collaboratively, to make it a success. It requires prayer, trust, and faith as we move forward in full faith in accomplishing these goals of feeding kids, who are in desperate need.    Again for FTN 2023 I am on the FTN 2023 Leadership Team at North Central College, helping to put this entire event together, helping to get a group of volunteers together, to help at Feed the Need.    We will be registering people in the same shift times they request, making every attempt to keep groups packing together.   As an FTN 2023 Leadership Team, we are moving forward in full faith in accomplishing these goals of feeding children, who are in desperate need.   I know that all of you are well aware of the far reaching impact FTN/ FMSC has had on children and people in need.    WE NEED YOUR HELP and support for these goals to become a reality.   IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT FEED THE NEED 2023: MOBILEPACK DATES: Saturday & Sunday, February 18 &19, 2023 LOCATION: North Central College ResRec Center, 440 S Brainard St, Naperville, IL 60540 PACKING SESSIONS: * SATURDAY: 3:30-5:30PM; 7:00-9:00PM * SUNDAY: 9:00AM-11:00PM; 12:30-2:30PM; 4:00-6:00 PM. The sooner we know your shift preferences, the better, so we can get you officially registered.   With everyone working together, we can all contribute to helping to reduce this number, with the ultimate goal, of eradicating World Hunger at some point in the future. WE NEED YOUR HELP and support for these goals to become a reality.   After all is said and done - The bottom line here is:   Helping to feed the hungry/starving kids/people. Saving their lives.   It is estimated that 6,200 children in the world die each day, due to starvation/malnutrition. Annually this would equate to 2,263,000 children. This is a sobering statistic. (that's just the ones they know about) Imagine how many adults there might be?   Numerous details to follow as they become available and ongoing up to the date of the FTN 2023 event.   “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:25  Feeding God's Starving Children Hungry in Body and Spirit. Turn Hunger into Hope with Your Own Two Hands.   Please advise and confirm    Thanks,   Dennis

            1. Greetings my dear FMSC family and Merry Christmas to your family and you!   We had 20 volunteers last Friday and the place was rocking with young and old folks all for the good of providing food for the hungry! What a glorious sight! 142 total boxes were packed providing 30,240 meals to 84 kids for a year!! Outstanding! But yet, there are more hungry children to feed so we will return next month and the next. I hope you can join us. Our next two packing sessions are: January 20 (this is a change from our regular 2nd Friday of the month due to a conflict at the facility) and, February 10 Sessions are from 9:00-10:45 and as always we hope you can join us at Portillo's afterwards for food and fellowship. Please RSVP your attendance by replying to this e-mail and I will get you registered. Have a very merry Christmas and richest blessings in the new year. -Linda Fass

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                Thank you to everyone who was able to volunteer at FMSC last Friday. We are thankful for the 140 boxes of food that was packed, providing 30,240 meals that will feed 83 children for a year. Since it was Veteran's Day and some children were off of school, this session was very well attended! So nice to see so many volunteers again. Our next two dates are from 9:00-10:45: December 9 and January 20  Please note: Our January date deviates from our normal 2nd Friday of the month schedule as that date was not available for our group. Sorry for the inconvenience. I have signed up through April and the other dates will again be the 2nd Friday. Have a blessed day, Linda

                1. Hello dear FMSC family, We had 20 volunteers last Friday for our October event. Thank you if you were able to join us. 88 boxes were packed which will provide 19,008 meals which will feed 52 children for a year. The cost for that session was $4,561.92. All of our packing dates are the second Friday of the month from 9:00-10:45 AM. Our next two packing dates are November 11 and December 9th.

                  1. Good Monday morning to you dear FMSC family! We had a great turnout last Friday for our packing session. Because of our efforts 66 boxes of food were packed resulting in 14,256 meals being prepared which will feed 39 children for a year! Awesome job volunteers. Mark your calendars for Friday October 14 and November 11 from 9:00-10:45 for our next volunteer opportunities. Please reply to this e-mail to sign up and join us afterwards at Portillo's if you can for early lunch and fellowship. The following notice was observed last Friday on the wall of the facility by one of our volunteers. Dear Friend of FMSC... Would you be so kind as to donate any of the following snacks for the staff? It would be greatly appreciated! Chips (Individual bags) Breakfast/Protein?Power Bars Welch's Fruit Snacks Cookies (Individual bags) Crackers (Individual packages Trail Mix or Chex Mix (Individual bags) Any snacks by KIND No obligation. This would be a nice way of thanking the staff at FMSC if you feel so moved. Stay dry and warm on this chilly Monday! Peace, Linda

                    1. A big thank you to the 19 volunteers we had last Friday serving at FMSC. The session had a special enthusiasm as there were many families with children. We were thankful to the two teachers in our group. Soon they all will be returning back to school. We will miss them. The totals from that session were 46 boxes packed containing 9,936 meals which will feed 27 children for a year. Please mark your calendars and sign up to serve again. The next two dates; second Friday of the month, are: September 9 and October 14 from 9:00-10:45 Blessings, Linda