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2024 Community Service Project

LET'S COME TOGETHER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 

GO Pantry is non-profit community outreach providing food for hungry kids in NKY on days schools are not open.

Since 2012 GO Pantry has been feeding local kids in need. There are kids in every school who rely on the Free & Reduced Lunch Program for meals during the school year. When school is out, many children lose their primary food source.

The requests for help from GO Pantry have jumped 30%. A staggering 1,200 kids in over 80 schools across 11 districts in 6 counties are receiving weekly food support from GO Pantry.

No child should go hungry. Please consider joining us with your support. Together we can make a difference for the kids who need us.

The Lady Raiders will be partnering with GO Pantry for a summer food drive to help feed children right here in our community — Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Grant, Owen, Pendleton counties in Northern Kentucky and Dearborn County in Southeastern Indiana. We want to help to make sure no child struggles with food insecurity.

For this Community Service Project, we seek the support of our Raider family, friends, family, clubs, neighbors, etc...to maximize the impact that we're able to make!

Here is what you need to know:

• April 22-May 10: The food drive will run at this time, with flat boxes that will eventually get filled and collected available for pickup.

• 7,000 children: That’s the number of children in our region who are dependent upon school meals as their source of nutrition. This drive is to help feed them during the summer months.

• Cost: It costs $55 to feed a hungry child for a week and $330 for the summer.

• Volunteer: At some point, after tryouts {date TBD}, all players, parents, and coaches within the Lady Raiders Program will be provided with an opportunity is to donate our time by sorting, counting and packaging Food Boxes for kids in need at the GO Pantry warehouse

This is a terrific opportunity to truly embody the Vision and Team Culture of our Program to lead within our NKY and SE Indiana communities by providing a healthier future for kids in need. 

If anyone would rather donate $$ we can do the shopping for them. Below are the shopping items for each box. We will pick up boxes on April 22nd and identify a date for our packing party between April 29 – May 9th

Ways to Participate:

1. FILL A GO BOX or Boxes on Your Own

2. Partner with Other Families to Fill a Box

3. Purchase Individual Grocery Items

Filling a GO Box is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

GO Box Shopping List

{Be sure the expiration date is beyond Aug 1st}

– Ravioli or Spaghetti Os: 3 cans
– Soup: 2 cans
– Peanut butter: 1 jar
– Jelly: 1 plastic jar
– Fruit: 4 cans or 2 four packs
– Applesauce: 1 jar or 1 six pack
– Chicken: 1 lrg can or 2 sml cans
– Green beans: 2 cans
– Corn: 2 cans
– Granola bars or Cereal bars: 1 box
– Cereal: 1 box
– Oatmeal packets or Pop-tarts: 1 box
– Macaroni & Cheese: 2 boxes
– Instant potatoes or Rice: 1 box
– Crackers: 1 box

Snacks – Choose 3: Raisins, Pudding cups, Cheez-Its, Fruit snacks, Microwave popcorn, Chips, Goldfish, Chex Mix

Dinner – Choose 2: Pasta and Pasta sauce, Taco kit w/seasoning and either Refried beans or Black beans, Chef-Boyardee Pizza Maker, Homestyle Bakes

Bonus Items: Feel free to include Hamburger Helper, Pasta Sides, or Pre-packaged cookies

Complete the Following Form to Participate:

 2024 Ryle Women's Soccer GO Pantry Food Drive