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Mom, challenged with home schooling. Dealing with Covid 19 Impact

Covid-19 Impact on the Operation of Weekend Survival Kits

A year ago, who would have thought that we would still be coping with the impact of a despicable and pernicious virus that has stolen loved ones, closeted families at home, closed or severely hampered…

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Volunteer Spotlight – East Lansing Rotary Club

Service clubs are an integral part of the sustained growth of Weekend Survival Kits. While there are many service clubs whose members support the mission of feeding hungry kids, in this Volunteer Spot…

Giving Tuesday for Weekend Survival Kits

This Giving Tuesday Begins with Gratitude Giving Tuesday brings the opportunity to put heart and gratitude back into the holidays. This year, more than ever, as the holiday season begins with Thanks…

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WSK Volunteer Spotlight – Meet Anna

For this Mom, Volunteering is a Family Affair This is the first installment of the new Weekend Survival Kits Volunteer Spotlight, we are pleased to put the spotlight on a long-time volunteer, someone …

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COVID-19 Safety Updates

This is a Covid 19 Safety update from Weekend Survival Kits. From the beginning of this school year we have been blessed with a spacious situation in the 2|42 Church Community Center. As we began to…

Welcome Kyla Parkllan

A Message from Jeff and Heather Gorsline: Please join us as we welcome Kyla Parkllan to our team as the new Director of Mid-Michigan Operations at Weekend Survival Kits. Heather and I are excited to h…

Changes at Weekend Survival Kits

These past eight years, for Heather and me, doing the daily work of Weekend Survival Kits has clearly been a labor of love. In the early days we were fueled by our passion to feed hungry kids and li…

Hunger Heroes Virtual Race – Super Fun!

For the past 8 years Weekend Survival Kits has hosted a run to raise program awareness and funding to purchase food for hungry kids. Our mission: to eliminate hunger as an obstacle to learning. Yo…

See You in September

Many questions are swirling about before we see you in September. The questions about what will happen in September for Weekend Survival Kits are currently being addressed. The pandemic has had a …

This image shows a child happy to be eating a good meal. This was part of the World Hunger Day Promotion

World Hunger Day – Friends Encouraging Friends

World Hunger Day was May 28th and Weekend Survival Kits was pleased to see many new donors come our way to make World Hunger Day local. We are so very grateful to all those who participated and ma…

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