Helping Food- and housing-Insecure Children in Wake County

We are partnering again with Helping Hand Mission in Raleigh to support Wake County kids who are out of school and food-insecure or housing-challenged this summer and will miss out on nutritious lunches and activities. We invite you to join us in this effort by donating items for the summer “Spaghetti Bowl Program” through HHM to provide warm meals, books, and group activities for these very deserving young kids!

ITEMS NEEDED FOR THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE:

Pages of stickers with Power Rangers, monster trucks, Paw Patrol, sports, Disney, butterflies, puppies, kittens, etc.
Bags of Balloons for twisting into animals
Small boxed juices (non-perishable)
Books for 3-7 year-olds
Kid’s Bibles or books of Bible stories
Non-refrigerated jello and pudding cups
Cotton tee shirts, plain white, sizes 3-6
Plastic forks and spoons
Hard plastic to-go containers (small to medium) with at least one partition to separate the spaghetti and vegetables
Canned vegetables
Non-perishable fruit snacks
Legos
Frisbees and Nerf balls

Children will have meals delivered to where they live (some are in motels or other shelters where parents have no way to cook), or parents may pick them up. Meal deliveries will be made by volunteers dressed as cartoon characters.

The initial package delivered to the children will contain a printed tee shirt, apron, book, warm meal, and juice. Subsequent deliveries will include just the meal.

Activities provided at HHM include tea parties, monster truck play in sand, art projects, face painting, reading time, and balloon animals.

We will collect donations for this program from May 22 to June 30. You may drop items off at our office or order from online sources and have the items shipped to our office. Please put HHM DONATION in the address.

We are excited to help provide warm meals and smiles to the faces of these Wake County kids! Any donations you can make will be appreciated.

Our office will be closed on Monday, 5/29, in honor of Memorial Day. Have a safe and happy holiday!

Dr. Gregg, Dr. Wu, Alexandria, Andrea, Ashley, Danielle, Dee, Erika, Jennifer, Kim, Kourtney, Lisa, Megan, Melissa, Nadine, Nena, and Susan

Cynthia Gregg MD | Face & Body Specialists

3550 NW Cary Parkway, Suite 100, Cary, NC 27513

919-297-0097 | cynthiagreggmd.com