Glenn Memorial

Diana finally got to meet Rev. Chris and his wife, Sara Hayden, today when they and Rev. George went to Glenn Memorial to see how they organized their Snack in a Backpack program.  The Brown Bag packing would be organized similar to the way Glenn Memorial does theirs.

Rev. Chris Henry

We found out from Rev. George that his friend, Reverend Chris Henry, was interested in our program and would like to partner with Memorial Presbyterian to help us.  Today, Caitlin met with Rev. Chris and Rev. George to discuss the program. 

Snack in a Backpack

 

Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church is located on the Emory University campus in Atlanta.  Going into there 2nd year, they have a program called "Snack in a Backpack" that they are doing with a school in downtown Atlanta. We first met at Everybody's Pizza in the Emory Village for dinner.  The pizza was delicious and we got the opportunity to meet more members from Memorial Presbyterian.  After dinner, Don, Carol, Tom, George, Doris, Tanya, Butch, Gloria, Carl, and us went to Glenn Memorial to see how it was organized.  This would give us a better idea of how to do the Brown Bag program.
 
We met Deborah Marlowe, who was in charge of the organization of the Snack in the Backpack program.  We learned that volunteers help to pack 150 backpacks every Thursday at Glenn Memorial.  On Friday, the filled backpacks are delivered to the school.  The students would bring the backpacks to school on Monday and the process starts again.  In the backpack there were items such as canned tuna, granola bars, juice boxes, an orange, and fruit snacks.  

Deborah was so nice to let us come and help out her program.  By doing so, it really helped us to see how much more organization and materials we would need in order to make our program work.  More things to think about....

Memorial Drive Presbyterian

Presentation Day!!  Talk about nerves.  We can speak in front of children without hesitation.  Now, in front of adults, nerve wrecking! We met Rev. George for a bit before mass started and we learned that we would be speaking towards the end of service.  Well, the speech we gave was not as nerve wrecking like we thought.  The best part of the speech? The Brown Bag program has its first official announcement to the public! 

After service was completed, several people from the congregation came up to us to express their interest in the program.  We were overwhelmed at the kindness!  One congregation member took out her checkbook and wrote us a check for $200.  Absolutely amazing.  This has been an awesome day!  We are looking forward to our partnership with Memorial Drive Presbyterian and Rev. George. 

Yummy, delicious peaches!

 

Today, we received 240 cans of peaches from Dave.  We were floored when he told us how many he would be donating to our students.  When the cans were handed out, some of the students immediately opened and ate them!  They were so delicious that they wanted more!! :)  Unfortunately, we only had enough to give each student in the class one can.  Well, lucky for them, Dave said that he had more peaches that he will donate.  Thank you so much, Dave!