packing for the weekend

Bethany supports Packing for the Weekend with matched donation

Oct 18, 2023

Bethany Lutheran Church donated $850 to Packing for the Weekend with the proceeds from its annual garage sale. An anonymous donor has pledged to match up to $10,000 by the end of the year for the program. Pictured, from left, are Al and Gay Thompson from Packing for the Weekend, Sue Blumberg,...

Donor to match $10,000 in donations to Packing for the Weekend in Lake City

Feb 8, 2023

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has established a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with an anonymous donor to match donations made to Packing for the Weekend/Lake City. Packing for the Weekend/Lake City is a local program that supplies supplemental food for children of families in need to...

$2,000 Sportsman’s Club support for Packing for the Weekend

Jan 11, 2023

The Lake City Sportsman’s Club (LCSC) recently presented a $2,000 check to Packing for the Weekend to support the organization’s efforts to provide food to families facing food insecurity in the community. Pictured, from left: Al and Gay Thompson, Packing for the Weekend coordinators, Audry Plote,...

School staff bake cookies for Packing for the Weekend families

Dec 21, 2022

For the sixth year in a row the staff of the Lake City Public Schools through their “Cookies for a Cause” program have provided plates of homemade Christmas Cookies for the Packing for the Weekend (P4W) program. More than a dozen high school staff members provided 72 dozen cookies and 36 bags of...

Rotary Club donates $2,000 to the Packing for the Weekend program

Nov 30, 2022

Al Thompson of the local Packing for the Weekend program was at the Lake City Rotary Club meeting on Monday, Nov. 28 to accept a $2,000 donation to the program from the club. Packing for the Weekend provides weekend meals to low-income families with children in the area. He’s pictured at left with...

Rotary club donates $1,000 to local Packing for the Weekend program

Aug 31, 2022

The Lake City Rotary Club donated $1,000 to the Packing for the Weekend program recently. Packing for the Weekend provides weekend meals for children in low-income famililes in the Lake City area. Pictured are Packing for the Weekend representative Al Thompson (left) and Lake City Rotary Club...

Kiwanis Club donation brings year-to-date contribution to Packing for the Weekend to $4,612

Aug 17, 2022

The Kiwanis Club of Lake City extends a deep appreciation and thank you to the Lake City alumni that attended and supported the joint Kiwanis Club and Lions Club All High School 150th Celebration Reunion breakfast in July. The proceeds from this event went towards the Packing for the Weekend local...

Gardenaires donate $1,500 raised at garden tour

Aug 3, 2022

The Lake City Gardenaire Garden Club sponsored their first ever garden tour as part of Lake City’s sesquicentennial and they are excited to show their 150, times ten. “The garden club’s successful garden tour was on July 16,” the club said in a news release. “The garden club is happy to share that...

Aktion Club makes $1,000 in donations

Mar 16, 2022

The Lake City Kiwanis-sponsored Aktion Club donated at total $1,000 to several of their favorite charities at the March 7 meeting. “Aktion Club members practice leadership skills, develop self-confidence in their ability to make a difference by doing service projects in their communities,”...

Fresh Market customers round up to support weekend food program

Feb 9, 2022

The Kiwanis Club of Lake City extends a deep appreciation and thank you to Lake City Fresh Market and the shoppers at Fresh Market in supporting the Kiwanis Club President challenge for 2021-2022 in raising $5,000 to support 85 Lake City families with children in need of adequate food in January...