Outreach Navarre, Inc. is hosting a Fundraiser - Chipping in for Our Students - 3rd Annual Golf Tournament on October 25, 2019.
“Our mission: To engage our community through outreach efforts and meet the needs of our neighbors.”
Today, Outreach Navarre Inc doing business as Weekend Food Program serves not only students throughout the school year with weekend meals, but they now impact a community of children through their innovative approaches and programs. Their 4 programs include:
The Weekend Food Program which was the first program rolled out which now serves 470+ local students in all 6 Navarre area schools ending hunger over the weekend for our community’s students. Each bag includes 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 snacks and a juice box alongside a word of encouragement for every student. Each bag is the same, meaning that families can have a meal together over the weekend by combining meals. Every meal is discretely delivered to the hands of children through a partnership with each local school and their guidance counselors.
Our hygiene kits roll out twice a year to every student on our program ensuring that their needs for toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, soap and dental floss are met. For our older students in middle and high school the bags also contain deodorant. This effort was began through a grant and partnership with the Rotary Club of Navarre who saw the need and has assisted in funding this project through two grant cycles.
Our snack project began after a teacher alerted us to the issue each teacher faces in their classroom, students with hunger and no snack. Now, almost 1,150 prepackaged snacks are delivered monthly to all 6 local area schools and are then distributed to teachers and ultimately into the hands of students. Each month almost 7,000 snacks are delivered throughout the Navarre community to assist in this need.
And finally, in 2018 Outreach Navarre took to it’s mission beyond food insecurity and advanced the first personal finance curriculum into our middle school funding it for all 6th graders at Holley Navarre Middle School with a commitment to continue for 4 years. Over 300 6th graders expanded their knowledge of personal finance year one, and in late 2019, our expansion will continue into Navarre High School with this pivotal program being launched to every 12th grader having the curriculum - another 4 year commitment as we expand our partnership within the schools.
And while this all seems daunting, it’s been done with 100% volunteer labor meaning every dollar given and supported by our community has been placed into the hands of local students. Your donation advances our mission and helps us fulfill goals of meeting the needs of our students, and ultimately their families in our community. We appreciate your support whether it jingles or folds. To find out more about our programs, fundraisers, volunteer opportunities or to donate today, visit our website at www.OutreachNavarre.com.
Together we can continue to make a difference!
Michelle Abrams
President/Leader
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