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This post is contributed by Beth and Nels Danburg :

Summer Status on Food Donations in a small neighborhood in Burnsville

Hi! This is a quick note from Beth and Nels Danburg in Burnsville, MN. Both my son and I were getting discouraged this past spring when we would try and collect food and would get few or no results. However, this summer has been a different story but it does involve some creativity. In June we bought small plastic peanut butter jars and typical brown lunch bags. We put the peanut butter in the bags with a message "Share your favorite treat that goes with PB sandwiches. Summer means lots of lunches needed for out-of-school kids". We received 100% participation and every house gave us a fairly LARGE sized bag of food along with our peanut butter. We were only hoping for an additional item to be in our small brown bags! In July, we attached a message of "Quench our Thirst" to packets of Kool-Aid and we again received a large collection of juices, waters, etc.

We also pass out "Thank you" tokens each time a house participates. Such tokens are usually bought at the dollar store--post-it pads, magnet clips, etc.

SO, in sum, a little energy and creativity does go a long way.

Beth Danburg & Nels Danburg
Burnsville, MN

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