HAAM Season of Sharing

As a covenant church with Humble Area Assistance Ministries (HAAM), the  Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita wards participate each year in a food drive for Thanksgiving and Christmas meal baskets provided to over 600 screened families for each holiday.   Our commitment this year is to donate canned green beans and corn, beginning immediately and continuing through Sunday, Dec. 11.  Please donate as you are able, placing canned food in the gray bins in the foyers, marked “Season of Sharing.” 

Food collected by Nov. 13 will be taken to HAAM for the Thanksgiving baskets. 

Stake Day of Service

Our Stake Service Project Day is this Saturday, Nov. 5^th .  The plan is to meet at the church at 8:30 am for donuts, etc. and then to go out on a number of service projects.
 Our ward Relief Society has been assigned to go to a nursing home and provide service. Arrangements have been made to go to the Cypress Wood Assisted Living home on Chestnut Ridge. We are going to play games with the residents from 10-11 am that Saturday, Nov 5th.  We will be carpooling from the church around 9:30 am. There is limited parking spaces at the retirement home so it would be best to carpool. If you have a favorite game that you can bring and play with them, please bring it. We are not sure how many will attend the game hour, but we can have fun with those who come. The director truly appreciates those who will be coming because she said that they do not have an activity for them this Saturday. Thank you for you donating some of your time to make others feel wanted and happy!!

Stake RS Service Project: Backpack Buddy Club

This year in conjunction with the Relief Society broadcast, September 24, 2011, we will be doing a service project.  We will be collecting food for the Houston Food Bank’s program, Backpack Buddy Club which provides chronically hungry children who rely on free or reduced price lunches with child-friendly, nonperishable, easily consumed food for the weekends.

We propose to begin collecting food starting immediately.  Sisters can also make money donations if they desire. On Sunday, June 26, bins will be placed in all of our buildings. For any who wish to make money donations these can be given to members of your bishopric in a tithing slip by writing 'backpack buddies' on the "Other" line. On the night of the event, we invite all sisters to take part in packaging the food for donation to the Food Bank.

Please note that this is strictly voluntary.  We recognize that there are those who are not in a position to contribute. We reiterate King Benjamin's counsel that everyone impart that which they can, whether that be time, canned foods, or money. The sacrifice involved in any of these gifts will be sanctified to that individual.

Here is the breakdown of the foods most needed:

Proteins: Meat stews, canned meats (tuna, chicken, etc.), peanut butter, canned beans

Fruits & Vegetables: Fruit cups packed in 100% juice, 100% fruit juice, canned vegetables

Grains: Boxed grains (including cereals), macaroni and cheese, canned pasta meals (i.e. Chef Boyardee)

Healthy Snacks: Cereal bars, granola bars, low fat crackers, low fat/sugar cookies

Dairy: Shelf-stable milk

Again we want to reiterate that people should not feel obligated and should only impart according to their circumstances. Every item donated makes a difference in a child's life. In our service we are following President Monson's counsel:

"We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness…We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us."

Thank you for all you do,
Kingwood Stake Relief Society Presidency