Happy Sacks: Helping Children in Our Community

A growing number of school children in our community rely on free and reduced priced meals at school for their main daily meals. However, there may not be enough food to go around over the weekend. The goal of the Happy Sacks mission outreach program is to provide healthy snacks for school children over the weekend. We pack approximately 150 Happy Sacks each week, which are then delivered to the schools on Friday, and given out by the school counselors to the appropriate children.

For the 2024-25 school year, we packed and delivered 4,943 Happy Sacks. Since the program began in the Fall of 2012, we have delivered 40,044 Happy Sacks to children in our community. The need continues to grow as does the cost of filling the bags. The Happy Sacks program is not a part of the church’s regular budget, so we depend on your donations.

As we get ready to begin our 14th year of the Happy Sacks program, please consider picking up a few extra items the next time you’re at the store or making a financial donation to support the Happy Sacks ministry. Thank you for your continued support of this mission!

You may also like the following events from Duluth First United Methodist Church:

• This Tuesday, 19th August, 10:00 am, “The History and Archaeology of the Bible” Class for Adults in Duluth
• This Wednesday, 20th August, 05:00 pm, Wednesday Night Dinner in Hinton Hall in Duluth
• This Wednesday, 20th August, 05:00 pm, Wednesday Night Food Drive in Duluth

Also check out other Nonprofit events in Duluth.