O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on July 24.
GCS Credit Union employees joined together to raise $620.00 in the month of July to benefit TWIGS for Kids. Through TWIGS, the cost per lunch for a child is about $1. This means, GCS employees donated 620 lunches for this summer.
In an ongoing effort to support the local community, GCS employees participate in Jeans Days each month. In exchange for a donation of $15 or more, employees are allowed to wear jeans on Fridays and Saturdays during the month of July.
The mission of TWIGS is to provide a lunch to the children who are at risk of not having a lunch during the summer months.
The children identified as being at risk are those who qualify for the nationally funded free and reduced lunch program during the school year.
Through partnerships with local school districts, the neighborhoods where at-risk-children live are identified and lunch locations are then set-up.
The locations vary from firehouses to empty lots owned by the city. The goal is to have enough locations so that every child has the ability to walk to get a lunch.
To find out more information about TWIGS visit Twigsforkids.org. To find out more about GCS, visit myGCScu.com.
Original source can be found here.
Source: O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce
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