It Takes A Village

Calvary's Partnership with Lewis & Clark Elementary

"It takes a village to raise a child" is a popular proverb with a clear message: the whole community has an essential role to play in the growth and development of its young people. Here at Calvary, we have joined our neighborhood school, Lewis and Clark, in a partnership to help meet the needs of children and teacher. Lewis and Clark Elementary is a part of our village.

What does the Partnership Look like

We are so excited to partner with Lewis and Clark in several ways. We have identified children who benefited from our Christmas Angel Tree and the Hat/Mitten Tree. The youth at Calvary have donated money to assist with snacks for hungry children and school transportation. We have celebrated with the students and staff on the last day of school with root beer floats and books, and we have done collection drives for outerwear, pajamas, and clothing. One of our favorite ways we partner with this awesome school is through reading.

BACKPACK PROGRAM Ends during the summer

HOW DOES IT WORK

Students identified as food insecure get assistance for lunch during the week, but what happens to those same students over the weekend? For that, we have the backpack program.

Calvary gets food items and packs the items on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm. Backpacks will be brought to the school, and during the school year, eligible students will receive food for the weekends.

In backpacks students will get:

2 breakfast items

2 lunch items

2 fruit items

2 snack items

2 juice boxes

EXAMPLES

Ramen noodles - chicken

Soup or noodle cups

Mac and cheese cups

Cans of chicken noodle soup

Instant oatmeal packets

Fruit cups/applesauce

Individually packed snack items not containing nuts like:

•fruit snacks, goldfish crackers, granola bars, oreo packs, etc.

Juice boxes (100% juice)

It costs around $100 to feed 1 child for the school year. We would love for you to

consider sponsoring 1 or more children for the 2025-2026 school year to provide

weekend food but any and all donations helps to make this program work.

Starting August 1 , donation station tables will be placed outside each worship

space or you can drop items off at the front office during the week.

VOLUNTEER

Sponsoring a student or students

Our Vision

It costs roughly $100 to sponsor one child for the entire school year. We ask that you consider sponsoring one or more so we can meet our goal of providing for all students. Your sponsorship provides food and support for a child in need. It’s a simple way to make a lasting impact—one student, one life, one future changed. So far have a total of 18 students sponsored.

Two ways to sponsor a child:

Give $100 or $100 check designated to Sponsoring a Child to our Finance Director, Heather.

Donate online by clicking the button below,

then click over to one-time gift,

press the drop down and click

Lewis & Clark, press second drop

down and click Sponsor a Child.

Sponsor a Child