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Logo Page 1

Benefiting the Wildwood Soup Kitchen and the Wildwood Food Pantry

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Food Pantry Sign

Wildwood United Methodist Church in background

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Food Pantry Bread

Wildwood Food Pantry

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Intake Process

Intake Process at the Food Pantry

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Lining up for Food Pantry

Lining up to Register

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Picking up Food at the Pantry

Clients Picking up Food at the Food Pantry

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Pantry: Loading pickup

Food Pantry

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Pantry: Bagging Food

Wildwood Food Pantry

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Pantry: Inside Cold Storage

Inside Cold Storage at the Food Pantry

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Pantry: Bagging Food

Wildwood Food Pantry

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Pantry: Bus Garage

Food Pantry

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USDA Food

USDA Food at the Food Pantry

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Bagged & Ready for Distribution

Bagged and Ready for Distribution at the Food Pantry

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Freezer Donated by Hope

Freezer Donated by Hope Lutheran at the Food Pantry

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Tour Group Visits Pantry

Tour Group Visits the Food Pantry

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Let’s Pack a Bag for a Family of 3 or 4:

 1 pkg dry pasta  2 cans prepared pasta (Spagettios or ravioli)  2 pkg flavored rice / pasta

• r 1 small bag rice

 3 macaroni & cheese

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Add Some Meat & Veggies:

 1 jar / can spaghetti sauce  1 can tomato product (paste or sauce, etc.)  1 large / 2 small cans beans  3 cans vegetables (same kind)  2 cans hash, stew, or chili (if available)  2 cans meat (tuna or chicken)

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Don’t Forget Soup and Peanut Butter:

 3 small pkg pancake mix  2 pkg potatoes  3 cans soup  1 can broth / gravy  1 peanut butter (1st Friday)  1 jelly (1st Friday)

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What’s Dinner Without Dessert?

 2 cans fruit  2 sleeves/tubes cracker or cookies,

• r chips

 2 muffin / cornbread mix  3 Jell-O or pudding mix  1 cake / dessert (3rd Friday, if available)  6 rolls toilet tissue (3rd Friday)

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History of Service

 2005: Food Pantry moved from Sunset Church of God to Wildwood United Methodist Church 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Pounds of Food Distributed

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History of Service

2006:

83 families per month received bags of food

2011:

400 families per month received bags of food 144 new families qualified to receive bags of food

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Fellowship Hall / Soup Kitchen

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DIRT at Work

5/29/10 – Remodeling the Soup Kitchen Hope Lutheran’s D.I.R.T. Team at Work

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DIRT at Work

5/29/10 – Remodeling the Soup Kitchen Hope Lutheran’s D.I.R.T. Team at Work

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DIRT at Work

5/29/10 – Remodeling the Soup Kitchen Hope Lutheran’s D.I.R.T. Team at Work

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Outside New Fridge/Freezer at Soup Kitchen

Outside the New Fridge and Freezer at the Soup Kitchen

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Inside Soup Kitchen Freezer

Inside the Wildwood Soup Kitchen Freezer

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Soup Kitchen Friday Crew

Dec 2011 Soup Kitchen – Friday’s Crew

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Soup Kitchen Serving Line

Wildwood Soup Kitchen Preparing for Home Deliveries

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Soup Kitchen Friday Crew

Soup Kitchen – Friday’s Crew

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Bill Peltonen makes coffee

Bill Peltonen makes coffee in the Soup Kitchen

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Soup Kitchen Tuesday Crew

Tuesday’s Crew at the Soup Kitchen

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Cupcakes for Kids

Cupcakes for Kids at the Soup Kitchen

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Soup Kitchen Smiling Man

Soup Kitchen

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History of Meals Served

10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Lunches Served

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History of Meals Served

 In 2004:

 Four home delivery routes  65 meals delivered 5 days each week

 In 2011:

 130 meals delivered 5 days each week  Soup Kitchen was open SIX days a week

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Kay Packing Food

Packing Food to Deliver to Shut-ins

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Man with coolers

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay with cooler

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay loading car

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay loading car

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay delivering food

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay delivering food

Delivering Food to Shut-ins

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Kay delivering food

Delivering Food to Shut-Ins

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Soup Kitchen Ready for Holidays

Ready for the Holidays at the Soup Kitchen

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Soup Kitchen Ready for Holidays

Ready for the Holidays at the Soup Kitchen

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People Eating in Soup Kitchen

Volunteers

Wildwood Soup Kitchen Volunteers

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Soup Kitchen hosted in the Fellowship Hall (left) of First Presbyterian Church (right)

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Journey Back to the Beginnings

September 5, 2003 – Judy Wold organized the first visit to the Soup Kitchen:

Donna Ford Vierow representing Hope’s Global

Mission Team

Mary Schmidt representing Women of Hope Alice Sealy liaison from Women of Hope to Global

Mission Team and volunteer at Wildwood Soup Kitchen

Judy Wold representing Hope’s Global Mission Team Lois Skipworth conducted the tour

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Journey to the Soup Kitchen September 5, 2003

Mary Schmidt / Judy Wold / Donna Ford Vierow

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Results of Tour for 2003 Thanksgiving and Christmas Meals:

Collected Holiday Food for Those in Need:

Turkey breasts (10-15 per holiday) Stove Top dressing Pickles Potatoes (30 pounds per holiday)

Could not keep up with the growing need!!

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Letter to The Villages Chamber

• f Commerce (2004)

The Global Mission Team of Hope Lutheran Church would like to request that a Christmas food drive be held in Sumter Landing to We would like the Wildwood Food Bank and Soup Kitchen to be the recipient of the food collected . . . . benefit the needy people of Sumter County.

Helen Reinhart (Krowlek)

Global Mission Chair

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Letter from The Villages Chamber of Commerce (2004)

. . . I hope that our proposal will be of greater long- term benefit. We would like the Wildwood Food Bank and Wild- wood Soup Kitchen to receive all proceeds and nonperishable food items from our upcoming spring food drive. This would involve a partner- ship with Hope Lutheran Church and our team of dedicated volunteers, working together to

• rganize a successful campaign. . . .

Christel A. Marchand Executive Director

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Jan 2005 Response to The Villages Chamber of Commerce Invite

Helen Reinhart Ingrid Severson Judy Wold Sue Richardson (Wildwood Soup Kitchen) Donna Ford Vierow Helen Ruohoniemi Oscar Feliu (representing The Villages) Jane Waters (North Lake Presbyterian Church) Christi Marchand (Chamber of Commerce)

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Feb 2005: First Seeds of Hope Meeting Attracts More Talent:

 George E. Davidson  Linda A Underhill  Helen Ruohoniemi (Hope)  Carol Yeretzian (Hope)  Judy Wold (Hope)  Gail Merrell  Sue Richardson  Carl J. Hart  Dale Otto  Andy Beauchamp (Hope)  Cindy Beauchamp (Hope)  Donna Ford Vierow (Hope)

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2005 Produced the Following Goals:

Collect Food Raise Funds Increase Awareness

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2005 - Designing the Food Drive

Collected nonperishable items at these locations:

All Citizens First Bank locations All Villages Fire Stations All Villages Manned Guard Gates Regional Recreation Centers: La Hacienda; Laurel Manor; Mulberry Grove; Paradise; Saddlebrook

Monetary donations were also gratefully accepted, with checks made payable to Wildwood Soup Kitchen

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2005 - Designing the Food Drive Special Events:

Tuesday, March 29 – Billie Thatcher at Hope Tuesday, March 29 – Showtime Singers at the Savannah Center Sunday, April 3 – pianist Stanton Lanier with tenor Oscar Feliu at New Covenant United Methodist Church Monday, April 4 – Lenny Wilson Trio featuring Jymie Charles at Hope Lutheran Church

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As the Need Grew -- the Team Chose to Work Harder

Added Collections beyond Campaign

Publix Food Collections Bags of Hope Golfest - fund raiser

Supported The Villages Golf Division’s Food Collection in Clubs North of 466 Bonefish Grill - fund raiser

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Food Collection Publix 466a

Inside Publix on 466A during Food Drive

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Food Collection Publix 466a

Food Collection at Publix on 466A

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Food Collection Publix 466a

Food Collection at Publix on 466A

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Pancake Breakfast

Pancake Breakfast

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Pancake Breakfast

Pancake Breakfast

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Pancake Breakfast

Pancake Breakfast

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Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A

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Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A

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Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A

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Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A

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2012 Seeds of Hope Team

 Jo Ann Bass - Notetaker / host for Unity of The Villages concert / media  Don Eriksson, media focus on Wildwood  Chuck Folkers – host for New Covenant United Methodist concert / coordinates outreach to 32 congregations  Jerry Goldin – host concert at Temple Shalom  Joanne Goldin – host concert at Temple Shalom  Mary Ann Harris

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2012 Seeds of Hope Team

 Don Huggins – Manager of Wildwood Food Pantry, receives all food items  Christy Kitt  Bonnie Kusky – Co-Chair, media, host United Church of Christ concert, The Villages Golf Div.  Gail Merrell – Manager of Wildwood Soup Kitchen, Treasurer, organizes pancake breakfast  Cynthia Oatley – Organize drivers to distribute tubs, materials and collects food items

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2012 Seeds of Hope Team

 David Oatley – Organize drivers to distribute tubs, materials and collects food items  Bill Peltonen – outreach to congregations, volunteer at Wildwood Soup Kitchen, collect food items as needed

 Dick Peterson – organizes Publix food collections, hosts Hope Lutheran concerts  Ed Perry – Board of Directors of Wildwood Soup Kitchen, collects and helps sort food items and delivers from WFP to WSK, organizes pancake breakfast  Pat and Frank Shaw – volunteer at Wildwood Soup Kitchen, write thank-you letters  Rev. Derrel Strickland – hosts Assembly of God concert

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2012 Seeds of Hope Team

 Richard and Dinah Thies – mail letters to businesses and take photos  Donna Ford Vierow – Co-Chair, edits graphics, manages database  Chris Wile – notetaker, hangs postal station posters  Bob Wile – designs all printed material, cuts papers as needed  Kathryn Clement – webmaster / powerpoint

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Bonnie Kusky The Seeds of Hope-Wildwood Planning Team would like to invite your business to participate in the Eighth Annual Seeds of Hope Campaign, February 15–28, 2012. The e 2012 12 goal al is to raise se at leas ast t $30,0 0,000 00 and 20,00 ,000 pounds unds of food

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We want to recognize your business for participating. We would love to print your business name in the concert programs and on the newly created website. Seeds of Hope-Wildwood Planning Team, Co-Chair

Letter to Community Businesses

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Businesses that Responded:

Ace Hardware in Wildwood Community Bank & Trust Emmett Sapp Builders, Inc. SECO Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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THRIVENT

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Getting Out the Word

Mailing enclosure within amenities bill 32 Local Congregations Daily Sun

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Bob Wile, Graphic Artist

Bob Wile, Graphic Artist

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Printing Campaign Materials

Jerry operates the printing machine at Ultrex Printing

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Villages Mailroom Encloses Insert

Villages mail room photos by Dinah

The Villages Mailroom Encloses Insert in Amenity Bill

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Val Neuhart Prints Campaign Materials at Hope Lutheran

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32 Local Congregations

Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, LCMS - Oxford Calvary Apostolic Church - Oxford Community United Methodist Church - Fruitland Park Discovery Church - Wildwood Faith Presbyterian Church, ARP - Oxford

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32 Local Congregations

Fairway Christian Church - The Villages First Baptist Church at The Villages First Baptist Church - Oxford First Baptist Church – Wildwood First Christian Church - Wildwood First Presbyterian Church - Wildwood

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32 Local Congregations

First United Pentecostal Church - Fruitland Park Grace Chapel - Oxford Grace Tabernacle - Wildwood Hope Lutheran Church, ELCA - The Villages New Covenant United Methodist Church - The Villages New Creation Worship Center - Oxford

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32 Local Congregations

New Life Christian Church - Wildwood New Life Presbyterian Church - Fruitland Park New Song Community Church - Lady Lake North Lake Presbyterian Church - Lady Lake Open Bible Evangelical Lutheran, WELS - Oxford

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32 Local Congregations

Oxford Assembly of God Oxford United Methodist Church Pilgrim’s United Church of Christ - Fruitland Park Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, ELCA - Wildwood St. Luke's (Anglican Church in America) - The Villages

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32 Local Congregations

Temple Shalom New Jewish Congregation - The Villages Trinity Baptist Church - Wildwood United Church of Christ - The Villages Unity of The Villages Wildwood United Methodist Church

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Getting Out the Word with the Daily Sun

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DAILY SUN ARTICAL

VILLAGES CONCERTS SOW "SEEDS OF HOPE" Daily Sun -- 03/05/06 Looking for a novel way to lend your support to a worthy charitable cause? How would you feel if you could help meet human needs in your community while sitting in an auditorium with hundreds of your friends and neighbors enjoying some of your favorite music? Then look no farther than the second annual Seeds of Hope, a fundraiser that kicked off Friday in The Villages and continues through March 17.

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DAILY SUN ARTICAL

Those who appreciate good music can receive admis- sion to one or both of two concerts to be performed later this month at churches in The Villages in exchange for their monetary or material support for charities providing food to those in need. For the second consecutive year, this endeavor is being

• rganized by Villagers to benefit the Wildwood Soup

Kitchen and Wildwood Food Pantry. Heading the effort to raise $10,000 in cash and collect 20,000 pounds of nonperishable foods, both figures representing a doubling of the goals from the program's inaugural year, are Villages residents Lois Bittner and Donna Ford Vierow. . . .

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Pick Up and Delivery of Food Items During the Campaign

Food Items are picked up by volunteer crew and taken to the Bus Garage at the Wildwood Food Pantry Items are weighed, sorted and shared with the Wildwood Soup Kitchen

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BUS GARAGE

Bus Garage at the Food Pantry

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BUS GARAGE

Food is Ready For Sorting in the Bus Garage

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Sharing Food Items 2005 - 2011

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Pounds of Food Food Items Counted

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Sharing Monetary Donations 2005 - 2011

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000

Dollar Donations

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PRESENTING THRIVENT CHECK

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PRESENTING THRIVENT CHECK

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We thank you for your support!

Donated Food Items Monetary Donations Artists/performers All volunteers All learners about hunger issues

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We thank you for your support!

Tours of Wildwood Food Pantry Tours of Wildwood Soup Kitchen Visitors to web site All concert Attendees All Pancake Breakfast Attendees

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The Seeds of Hope-Wildwood Team deeply appreciates your generosity toward their mission to help feed hungry families in Sumter County. Your selflessness allows The Seeds of Hope-Wildwood to continue to maintain intain a zero ro ope perati rating ng budge get, with all proceeds benefiting the Wildwood Food Pantry and the Wildwood Soup Kitchen.

Thank You for Your Assistance

The Seeds of Hope Planning Team

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How Can I Help?

Donate Food -- container always available in Narthex at:

Hope Lutheran Church New Covenant United Methodist Church

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Hope’s Food Collection Box

Food Collection at Hope Lutheran

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New Cov Food Collection Box

Food Collection at New Covenant United Methodist Church

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How Can I Help?

Most Needed Food Items

Food Pantry

 canned fruit  canned pasta  spaghetti sauce  toilet paper

Soup Kitchen:

 # 10 cans of fruit , vegetables and baked beans

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How Can I Help?

Donate Money

Make checks payable to: Seeds of Hope - WSK P.O. Box 243 Wildwood, FL 34785 or “Hope Lutheran” with “Seeds of Hope—WSK” in memo line

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How Can I Help?

Encourage your neighborhood and service clubs/groups to donate food We have speakers for your program!

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How Can I Help?

Visit the Seeds of Hope website: www.seedsofhope-wildwood.com Pray for this ministry to meet demands