Kidz Kitz were available from CAER throughout the summer to help meet the need for additional food to feed school-aged children. The Kidz Kitz included food for breakfast and lunch for approximately 5 days. We completed the program on Friday, 9/3/10.
The kitz varied, but may have included items such as bread, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, crackers, microwave meals, sandwiches, veggies, fruits, milk, etc. Clients were asked to check in at the CAER front desk each week to receive Kidz Kitz!! Clients were asked to make their request for Kidz Kitz at least one hour before we closed - just like a normal food order.
CAER would be interested in receiving donations of kid-friendly, nutritional items to include in these kits. We supplied 250 - 300 kits to children per week so your financial donations for this program would be much appreciated. We also were in need of volunteers to help pack the kits. If you are interested in volunteering and / or have a youth group to participate please contact Gretch at 763.441.1020
School Supply Drive
Our School Supply Drive is complete for 2010. Thank you for your support! A record 541 sets were provided!!
For our School Supply Kits in 2010, we needed: Backpacks (no wheels) Washable or Permanent Markers Erasers Mechanical Pencils Highlighters 3-ring binders Red Pens Pencil Boxes Scissors (blunt & sharp) Glue
Other Items also needed: Kleenex Colored Pencils Protractors Watercolors
It is VERY important that kids have the appropriate supplies when they return to school this fall. In 2009, we passed out 400 school supply kits (kindergarten thru grade 12).
Community Aid Elk River (CAER) food shelf hosted a hilarious fundraiser on Sunday, July 18th at the Sherburne County Fairgrounds. The 2nd annual Cow-A-Bunga Bingo Raffle was an "udder" success and we raised about $3,800!
A large 1200 square grid (each square is 2 feet by 2 feet) was painted on the field. At 4 PM, two well-fed cows took to the field to dropo a cow pie drops. Bessie deposited her "donation" in 12 minutes and LaDonna won the grand prize of $1000! For more information and to see photos of the 2009 event, click HERE. This year's photos will be posted soon!
THANKS to all who bought a raffle ticket (or two!) and to the volunteers who helped at the fairgrounds all week.
CAER Classic Golf Tournament- 6/23/2010 Thanks to all who donated or participated in the 3rd Annual CAER Classic Golf Tournament! It was held on June 23rd, 2010 at Riverwood National Golf Course in Otsego. It was a very successful event to help raise $13,500 for CAER - - and the 100 golfers only got a LITTLE wet! New Jersey Devil's Star and Elk River native, Paul Martin, was in the action again this year. JON ENGEN from BOB radio hosted with his trademark humor.
4/25/2010 Elk River Crop Walk CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide -- and right here in the U.S. -- to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. The annual Elk River Crop Walk was held on Sunday, April 25th, 2010.
Each area church had a grocery cart designated for them to fill with food donations for CAER. THANK YOU to all who gave so generously as the grand total was almost 6,700 pounds of food!! We must say "Thanks a TON...or two!" to The Crossing who brought us over 2 tons of food in a dumptruck!
THANK YOU!! CAER's donation total for MN FoodShare: 106,910 lbs & dollars!! CAER's goal for 2010 was to raise 85,000 lbs/dollars in the month of March PLUS...The Postal Service brought in over 12,000 pounds during STAMP OUT HUNGER!!
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - 5/8/2010Each year the National Association of Letter Carriers holds the nations largest food drive to combat hunger and in 2010, the drive was conducted on Saturday, May 8. On that day, letter carriers collected non-perishable donations from homes as they delivered mail along their postal routes. This year they collected over 12,000 lbs of food for CAER!! Thank you to the postal carriers and all those who so generously contributed.
4/10/09 - From now through December 31st, the Healing Choices therapy center in Elk River will be offering 60 minute massages by a certified therapist to raise money for CAER. The massage costs $35 ($5 of which will be donated to CAER). In order to receive the donations, clients must present this massage certificate at their appointment.
4/8/09 - Thank you to everyone for helping to make our March Food Campaign such a success. Our goal for this year was to collect 83,000 pounds of food/dollars and we surpassed that goal collecting a total of 84,632! Thank you for supporting CAER and fighting hunger in our area.
Click on the PDF icon below to get all the detail regarding this campaign!
For the 12th consecutive year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger fighting agencies nationwide using it to help them raise funds during March and April, 2009.
The Elk River Cropwalk is now online. Just click here for more information on how you can help fight hunger both across the world and locally. 25% of all proceeds collected will be donated directly to CAER.
CAER extends a very heartfelt THANK YOU, to all the sponsors, participants, and wonderful volunteers who helped make the inaugural CAER Classic Golf Tournament such a great day! Approximately $13,000 was raised to support CAERs mission to strive to ensure that no one in our community goes to bed hungry or without basic needs. Thank you all, and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.
NOTE - the 2009 CAER Classic tournament has been set for June 24, 2009. Click here for more information.
CAER is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. All contributions are tax deductible.
