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Location: New Lenox: 339 W Haven Ave, New Lenox, IL 60451
Saturday, June 27, 9 am to 12 noon
Farmers to Families Food Box Pickup
Open to all Aurora District Churches and the food pantries they support
On Saturday, June 27 from 9 am to noon, a truck filled with boxed potatoes and onions will be parked at the New Lenox United Methodist Church parking lot at 339 W. Haven Ave in New Lenox. These potatoes and onions are from the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program coordinated through the Society of St. Andrew.
Each box weighs 15 pounds and contains 10 pounds of potatoes and 5 pounds of onions. There are 1,200 boxes in a truckload. Each truckload has 22 skids. Each skid has 50 boxes.
This special drive-through event at the New Lenox church is open to all Aurora District churches and the pantries that they support. The food is free and the transportation cost to the church is zero.
This is an incredible opportunity on that day to provide food for people in your church, especially because these vegetables are pre-boxed and easy to handle. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to come and get a box or several boxes that they can deliver to their neighbors.
Help Wanted
Can you help with this event? Please let Jim Simmons know by phone or email (see below). Arrival time for workers is 8 am. They also would appreciate you getting this information out to your congregation and community
If you are interested in receiving potatoes/onions at no cost to you, please let Craig know how many boxes you would like by Wednesday, June 24, so that he has an better idea how the boxes will be distributed on the delivery date.
Jim Simmons (Aurora District President) / jwsimengr@comcast.net/ 708-334-6189 (c)
Craig Mc Gregor (VP NIC UMM) / CraigScottMcGregor@gmail.com / 630-346- 2239 (c)