
Salvation Army's 1950 Dodge emergency disaster
relief van
What’s With All This Salvation Army
Stuff?
What is the connection between the Salvation
Army and the Roamin Angels? It is merely a friendship and a common
interest in doing a little for those in need at the holiday season.
We do our toy drive and collect a lot of “goodies” for
the kids. But how do we distribute them so that word gets out
to those who might not otherwise have a Christmas? Are we going
to try to organize and staff the system necessary to make sure
people aren’t just taking toys because
they’re free instead out of need?
The answer is that we let the Salvation Army do it. Yes, we also
help them do the interviews and actual distribution for Thanksgiving
and Christmas, but they do all the boring and tedious paperwork
and contacting the people. We work together as allies. Simple
as that.
SALVATION
ARMY – Holiday
Food Distribution & Christmas Toy
Drive
Here is a sample of the itinerary for working with the Salvation
Army.
September
Start working with the
Salvation Army to find a place to have the food distribution
for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Also, Christmas needs to be a
facility of about 4,000 sq. ft. to accommodate the food and toy
distribution.
October
Decision needs to be make where to have the Toy Drive in December.
Sign-up sheets for Toy Drive, Thanksgiving, Christmas food distribution & clean-up.
November
Obtain storage facility to store the toys. (Note: 2006-Old Barn
Storage will give us a storage unit.)
Line up a trailer for the toys at the Toy Drive.
Get with Salvation Army to decide what food is needed for Thanksgiving
distribution. Have the Salvation Army contact Grocery Outlet
to get the food ordered early. Two weeks before Thanksgiving
check to be sure the food has been ordered. 2 days before distribution
have 8 people to make up the food boxes.
6 volunteers needed to help with shopping at K-Mart. Some Christmas
boxes can be made at this time.
7:00 am.-day of distribution- fill the boxes. Make long row
of tables and put the food on both sides and send the boxes down
the middle. Need a couple of hand carts to move the boxes.
December
Meet with Salvation Army to plan food for Christmas food distribution
and contact Grocery Outlet.
Toy Drive sign-up for helpers and shoppers.
-Arrange for food to sell at the Toy Drive. Doughnuts and Bagels
from the Salvation Army, for the morning workers. tables, chairs,
and a large trailer.
-After the Toy Drive-take toys to storage or to distribution
area. Tables need to be put up to put the toys on. Need numbers
to put on the walls for the bags. Need signs for types of toys.
-The day before distribution at Christmas, Salvation Army need
to be advised how many people there will be working.
-2 days before Christmas distribution-helpers need to sort toys,
and toys from trailer at Salvation Army need to be brought to
distribution center.
-Day before distribution, need to fill bags for distribution
the next day.
-Day of distribution, start at 7 am. to fill the food boxes.
(same procedure as Thanksgiving). Have one person calling out
bag numbers. As bags go out start to fill the next days bags.
-Last day of distribution, when all bags are full, start to
put left over toys in boxes. Helpers come back the next day to
move all the toys to the Salvation Army.
Enjoy your own Christmas, knowing
that you have helped to give a Christmas to one child that would
not have Christmas with out all the work.
Contact Edie for more information.
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