Backpacks for School Children The members of Valley View UMC are providing backpacks with imperishable food each week during the school year for elementary children who would have no food to eat on the weekends. These backpacks go to students in schools in the communities of Hernandez, San Juan, and Chimayo. Various family conditions have created the need for helping these children have food during the weekends. The school lunch programs provide meals during the school week. This new school year we will be starting with 22 backpacks a week. This program has been a great success because of all the help from the members of Valley View UMC. If you would like to contribute to the backpack ministry, please bring individual servings of: Canned meat Granola bars Breakfast bars Juice Water Fruit Chips Cookies Trail mix Cereal Peanuts Crackers Apple sauce

Food Bank Valley View has a food bank which supplies bags of food sufficient for two people. These are given to people on an as-needed basis. If you would like to donate to the food bank, the following items are needed. 1 lb.bags of rice or beans 6 oz Tuna or canned meat 15 oz. Chef Boardee 10 oz soup 15 oz canned vegetables 15 oz. canned fruit 12 oz. peanut better 16 oz. jam or jelly 15 oz. beef or cheese ravioli 7 oz. mac & cheese 25 oz. pasta sauce 1 bag spaghetti or pasta 1 can milk Thank you for all your help with these two projects.