The S.N.A.C.K. Program would not be able to sustain without the generous support of individual donors and organizations, that donate snacks, time and money to help our community!
We are teaming with SoWashCo CARES to make this program achievable.
SoWashCo CARES is a fiscally sponsored project of the South Washington County Schools Education Foundation.
The goal of SoWashCo CARES is to encourage and support community, to give help and get help, in their local community.
After piloting the program at three schools, we're now up to fourteen schools as collection sites for this school year.
FULL LIST OF COLLECTION SITES
Elementary Schools:
Bailey Elementary (part of the pilot program)
Grey Cloud
Middleton Elementary (part of the pilot)
Nuevas Fronteras
Red Rock Elementary
Royal Oaks Elementary
Woodbury Elementary (part of the pilot)
Middle Schools:
Cottage Grove Middle School
Lake Middle School
Oltman Middle School
Woodbury Middle School
High Schools:
East Ridge High School
Park High School
Woodbury High School
Woodbury City employees generously donated snacks and money to the S.N.A.C.K. cause during their Summer 2021, 2022 and 2023 Food Drives. With these generous donations, we were able to get schools stocked up for the start of the school year with healthy snacks for students in our district. Thanks!
The Cottage Grove Lions Club has generously donated money to the S.N.A.C.K. multiple times for us to be able to go out and purchase snacks for our program. They also helped connect us with other donors. We look forward to partnering with them more in the future!
Members of the Woodbury Lions Club have generously donated to our S.N.A.C.K. program, and hosted pack events to bag snacks for us. Thanks!
The St. Paul Park Lions Club has also generously donated money to the S.N.A.C.K. cause for us to be able to purchase snacks for our program. Thank you!
The Myers-Thrivent group packed snack bags summer 2021 5 to help kick off our 2021-2022 school year by providing district students with a week's worth of healthy snacks per bag. Thank you!
Hy-Vee partnered with us on a fundraiser for the S.N.A.C.K. Program. In the spring of 2018, the Cottage Grove Hy-Vee sold "S.N.A.C.K. Sacks" for $5 that provided 10 snacks to students in need. Our troop worked with Amy (Assistant Manager) and Kelly (Registered Dietician) from Hy-Vee to plan for and pack 300 "S.N.A.C.K. Sacks". This was a great way for the community to help our cause! Thanks, Hy-Vee!
After speaking at a Cottage Grove Lions Club meeting, two members of the Lions Club approached Thrivent Financial about our SNACK program, and Thrivent's Action Teams approved the request and generously donated a debit card to our cause. We were able to purchase 910 individual snack items that were bagged up and delivered to our district schools. Thank you!
Cub Foods has provided us with cardboard tote boxes, found in the main offices of each of the schools, where families can place donations. They also provided a gift card to purchase some snacks to kick start our cause!
CHE, LLC, a bookkeeping and property management company in the Twin Cities, helps us with copies, as needed.
Past Promotions/Presentations:
2023, 2024: SoWashCo CARES provided generous monetary donations to purchase snacks.
June 2022: We presented to the Cottage Grove Lions Club (back where much of our work started) to give members an update on what we've been up to in the S.N.A.C.K. program. It was a wonderful experience to be back at their meeting with our girls recently graduated from high school. Members approved a generous donation so we can have the funds to purchase snacks to start the 2022-2023 school year. As always, thank you!
April 2022: We presented to the Woodbury Lions Club. Club members brought snacks and helped us pack some bags and also donated funds for us to purchase additional snacks. We look forward to more opportunities to partner up!
November 2019: We had a booth at the SoWashCo CARES/Community Education Winter Pack Event/Volunteer Informational Night at Oltman Middle School to help promote our program and educate the community about how they can help the S.N.A.C.K. program.
April 2019: We presented at the District School Board Meeting and explained the S.N.A.C.K. program.
April 2019: We presented to the Woodbury Lions Club. The members in attendance generously opened their wallets and donated to the S.N.A.C.K. program.
March 2019: The Hy-Vee in Cottage Grove will be selling $5 "S.N.A.C.K. Sacks" to support our program. For each "S.N.A.C.K. Sack" purchased, 10 snacks will be donated to our program which will feed one student snacks for two weeks.
January 2019: We presented to the Cottage Grove Lions Club who in turn donated money to the S.N.A.C.K. program and helped connect us to other great community resources - HyVee Cottage Grove and Thrivent.
November 2018: We had a booth at the District's Winter Pack Event at Oltman Middle School to help promote our program.
June 2018: We had a booth at the District's No Kid Hungry Kickoff Event held at Park High School to help promote our program: http://www.sowashco.org/news/community-gathers-no-kid-hungry-kickoff-event