- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Make an Easy Meal Care Bag to support a family with a sick child
ORGANIZATION: There With Care of the Bay Area
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
From the comfort of your own home volunteer to make an Easy Meal Care Bag to support a family with a sick child.
COVID-19 challenges everyone's daily lives, including the lives of families who have a child with a critical illness. By volunteering you help provide families with the care they need as they try to cope with their child's medical crisis during this pandemic.
Easy Meal Care Bags are delivered to families who are spending long days at the hospital. They contain a variety of easy-to-heat food, cereal, snacks and drinks. These are welcomed by parents because they want to stay at their child's bedside. Having immediate access to food means they can avoid going to the cafeteria/vending machines; they don't miss doctors making hospital rounds; and they can spend more time with their child.
Choose to make 1 Easy Meal Care Bag or 5, 10 or more.
Every week we receive requests from families for these bags.
What about COVID-19?
Please wear gloves and a mask while making the bag(s).
Every bag we receive is quarantined before it is delivered to a family.
Include others in your experience!
Invite family members, friends, coworkers, students or faith community members to participate with you, virtually or in socially-distanced small groups.
Ready to shop and put together your Easy Meal Care Bags?
Suggested items to include are:
- 2 x 12fl oz Gatorade/sports drinks.
- 2 x 6.75fl oz boxes of shelf-stable milk.
- 2 x 10+ oz pull-open top cans of chunky soups with protein.
- 2 x 2oz single-serving microwavable mac & cheese bowls.
- 2 single-serving oatmeal bowls or cereal boxes.
- 2 single-size bags of salty snacks/chips.
- 4 energy bars/granola bars.
- 2 x 2+ oz packs of cookies.
- 2 small packs of applesauce, fruit squeeze or fruit cups.
- 1 pack of lifesavers or gum
Place the items in a brown paper grocery bag.
Personalize your gift (optional):
- Add a handwritten, decorated tag/card that includes your first name, your city and one of the following sentiments: "Thinking of you."; "Sending you care." or "Love and hugs." To be sensitive to the wide range of family situations and experiences, please do not write "Get Well" or "Have a good day" or "Be Brave" or include any religious or culturally-specific words or pictures. Thank you!
- Decorate the brown paper grocery bag. Please, no words, stickers or glitter. Release your creativity using markers, paper, origami, paint and other craft items. From a child's scribble to an elaborate design... we welcome all levels of decoration.
Ready to share your bag(s)?
In-person, contactless drop-off available at:
Option 1: There With Care (main office), 2682 Middlefield Road, Suite H, Redwood City, CA 94063.
Monday through Friday, anytime between 9:00am and 2:00pm. No appointment required.
Option 2: SOMAcentral, 450 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. (Satellite office).
Wednesdays between 2:00pm and 4:30pm. Please call/text on 650 509 0391 before arriving at this location.
Mail-in/delivery address:
There With Care (main office), 2682 Middlefield Road, Suite H, Redwood City, CA 94063
Please contact us with any questions.
We look forward to hearing from you/seeing you soon!
Thank you!
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About There With Care of the Bay Area
Location:
2 locations: Redwood City + San Francisco, SOMAcentral, 450 Townsend, San Francisco, CA 94107, 2682 Middlefield Rd, Ste H, Redwood City, CA 94063, CA , US
Mission Statement
The mission of There With Care is to provide a wide range of meaningful and fundamental services to families and children during the critical phase of a medical crisis. We serve families referred by medical agencies, by building a network of services and people who ease the burden of life's day-to-day obligations with compassion and care.
Description
The Bay Area Chapter was created in 2011, seven years after the founding chapter opened in Colorado. There With Care receives referrals from medical social workers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Mission Bay, San Francisco. When a family receives a medical diagnosis of critical illness for their child, There With Care connects with the family and engages community members and organizations to volunteer to help ease the stress of their day-to-day life activities.
For information on the experiences of families and children facing critical illness; There With Care's programs and services, and ways to participate and support families, please visit our website: therewithcare.org (Select the "Bay Area" location.
We look forward to you joining the network of care and support that surrounds families. Thank you!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 13, 2020
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Up to 1 hour for the first bag, and 15 - 20 minutes for each additional bag.