Tornado Packs: A Ministry of Feeding Local Children
Did you know that with the absence of a school lunch over the weekend, children in our community go hungry? The Tornado Packs Program, named after our public school district’s mascot, the Tornadoes, is a food ministry that was created in 2020 to combat this weekend food insecurity throughout the school year. Hundreds of Storm Lake students have benefited since.
Starting in 2023, Lakeside Presbyterian Church began hosting the Tornado Packs Program. Each week, October through May, volunteers gather for about an hour to pack shelf-stable food, such as juice boxes, granola bars, small cereal boxes, microwavable cups of macaroni & cheese, etc. in storage bags for some of the youngest Storm Lake Tornadoes to take home on Fridays so they can have snacks and lunches throughout the weekend.
You can help! If you’re interested in donating, or volunteering to pack bags as an individual or group, please contact the church office at 712-732-2076, lakeside@stormlakepresby.org, or message us on Facebook here. You may also watch our Facebook page for updates on our schedule for packing bags.
Upcoming dates:
Sunday October 21, after church
Monday October 28, 4:00PM
Sunday November 3, after church
Tuesday November 12, 4:00 PM
Monday November 18, 7:00 PM
Monday November 25, 4:00 PM
(updated October 16, 2024)