Summertime Celebrations

 

Summertime Celebrations

     As has become our tradition, we capped off SEAK (Summer Enrichment Activities for Kids) with the Newton Fire Department blasting us with their firehose! 90 kids that day enjoyed lunch with us at the park. We served an additional 900 meals this summer over 2023, for a total of over 2,500 lunches to kids and families! We are thankful for volunteer helpers from across the community who helped transport meals, serve kids, and bring engaging activities.

     We petted a chicken, blasted pop bottles of water into the sky and danced to a silly song about dinosaurs. We also learned about the life cycle of plants, combined a bubble machine with a slip-and-slide, and floated a huge, brightly colored parachute above our heads … and that was just before lunch! As these volunteers were bringing their talents and activities to engage the kids, our staff and local restaurant partners were preparing to serve a healthy, nutritionally balanced lunch at both New Creation Park and Immanuel Baptist Church.

     Do you have a talent or activity that you would be willing to share at SEAK next summer? You could make an already awesome program even awesomer. (not the typical spelling, but we’re not the typical lunch program!) And there are so many ways you can help - you can lead a group activity, you can help set up the food line and serve meals, or you can just pack up a slew of kids and bring them by! Distributing the hand sanitizer is an especially prestigious job!

     And, just in case you are able - donations to help cover the cost of the food and supplies are always welcomed, honored and deeply appreciated.

See ya next summer!

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