packing for the weekend

Club donates Bowl-a-Thon proceeds

Jul 10, 2019

Aktion Club members participated in their third annual Bowl-a-Thon fundraiser. Members collected pledges for participating in the bowl-a-thon in May from friends, family members and community members. Aktion Club members raised $734 to donate to the local “Packing for the Weekend”. Volunteers...

Aktion club supports Food for Kidz

Apr 17, 2019

Members of the Lake City Aktion Club presented a check to the Stewartville Kiwanis Club for $114.00 for the 16th Annual Food for Kidz held at the Civic Center in Stewartville, Minn. Twelve Lake City Aktion Club members, along with staff, helped pack bags of rice and bean meals to be shipped to...

Old Frontenac church plans Festival of Lights

Nov 8, 2018

Christ Episcopal Church in Old Frontenac will hold its seventh annual Festival of Lights on Saturday, Nov. 24. The event features multi-cultural readings and music by local artists, dozens of candle-lit nativities from around the world on display, outdoor luminarias to light the path, and...

Kiwanis Club learns about United Way programs

Oct 3, 2018

Lake City Kiwanis Club president Erick Enger (left) introduced guest speaker Maureen Nelson, executive director of United Way of Goodhue, Wabasha and Pierce counties at a recent meeting. Nelson spoke about United Way programs with an emphasis on Packing for the Weekend, a local project supported...

Run benefits Packing for the Weekend

Sep 5, 2018

Elizabeth (center) and Allan Thompson (right) accept a $1,500 donation for the Packing for the Weekend program from Ron Hooge, Lake City Rotary Club president. The Rotary Club raised the money at its annual Circle of Life running event over Water Ski Days weekend. Packing for the weekend provides...

United Way: Please help us help people

Jan 31, 2018

To the editor: Since 2000, United Way of Goodhue, Wabasha and Pierce Counties (UW-GWP) has re-invested more than $4.9 million locally to benefit the lives of your friends and neighbors. This is possible because of your financial investment in our work to improve lives and strengthen communities in...

Box gardens sprout in Lake City

Jul 6, 2017

The Garden-in-a-Box program has arrived in Lake City. Ann Nibbe, Jean Benson, along with Packing for the Weekend and the Gardenaire Garden Club, submitted an application to introduce families to this gardening program. The plan was to start small and if there is interest and success we will grow...

Food charities split Ardent Mills golf tourney proceeds

Nov 10, 2016

Lake City Food Shelf Treasurer Mavis Hawkins (center) and Executive Director Carole Helgerson (right) present Al Thompson with a check for $5,200. The money, representing half of the proceeds from Ardent Mills’ golf tournament in September, will go toward the Packing for the Weekend’s efforts to...

Students and store donate peanut butter

Oct 19, 2016

Last year sixth graders at Bluff View Elementary School heard a presentation on the Packing for the Weekend program and decided to help. Their efforts, plus a match from Fiesta Foods, generated 104 jars of peanut butter for the program, which provides weekend meals to children who recieve free and...

Bluff View service education program teaches to value of volunteering