Committee on Church Cooperation

❗️We are in desperate need of children's clothing for this summer❗️

Here is what our clothing closet is looking like in the children's section... We don't have very much clothing to provide our struggling families this summer. Can you please help us by donating new or gently used clothing? Or share this post, so maybe your friends can donate clothing?

**CLARIFICATION: Students participating in summer school will be served first. Meals will be offered to the community as long as supplies are still available.**

FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS AND TEENS: Decatur City Schools is proud to host the Summer Meal Program! Free healthy meals are available to any child 18 years old and younger living in Decatur and Morgan County. No registration or sign-ups are required.

Please review the program dates, service times, and participating school locations below:

📅 Dates: June 1 – June 25, 2026
📅 Days: Monday through Thursday

⏰ Daily Meal Times:
Breakfast: 7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

📍 Participating Meal Sites:
Meals are available at the following school locations:
Austin Junior High School - Decatur City Schools
Austinville Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Chestnut Grove Elementary-Decatur, Al
Decatur High School- Decatur, Al
Frances Nungester Elementary School - Decatur, AL.
Leon Sheffield Magnet School- Decatur, Alabama
Banks-Caddell Elementary School - Decatur, Alabama
Oak Park Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Al
West Decatur Elementary School-Decatur, Al
Benjamin Davis Elementary-Decatur, Al
Woodmeade Elementary - Decatur, Alabama

Important Program Guidelines:
Dine-In Only: All meals must be eaten on-site.
Child Presence: The child must be physically present at the site to receive a meal.

Help us spread the word to families in our community so that every child has access to nutritious meals this summer!

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Fourth Thursday Beans and Rice distribution this week!

✨ Our latest newsletter is here! Check out recent stories of hope, community impact, upcoming events, and ways you can help make a difference. We’re excited to share what’s been happening this month! 💙

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The school year is ending soon! Time to Register for Camp Hope as we Part-Tee for our 30th Year!
Camp Hope is a one-day camp held annually for school-aged children (5-12) who are grieving the death of a close loved one. It is designed to help children learn to recognize and express their grief in healthy ways. Crafts, discussion, and a variety of activities allow children to explore their grief in a safe and supportive environment.
Register your child, click here: https://forms.gle/s5aJxNP9TS2HR3iT9

🍓🍊 Hunger has debilitating, lifelong effects on a child’s health, cognitive development, behavior, academic achievement and ability to succeed. It undermines that child’s well-being, the stability of her family, and the prosperity of our community.

The fact that nearly one in four children ‼️ in North Alabama is hungry exposes critical gaps in our food system and the consequences will affect everyone.

Crucial federal nutrition programs like free school meals or SNAP (food stamps) do much to address hunger but the aid does not meet the need and critical gaps remain.

What are these gaps?

- Children who depend upon free or reduced priced meals at school are often at risk of hunger on weekends, holidays, and over the summer.
- Children up to five years old are too young to attend school where free meals are served.
- 80% of households seeking food assistance in North Alabama report that their SNAP (food stamp) benefit lasts only 3 weeks out of the month.
- 13,872 food insecure children in North Alabama live in homes that earn too much to qualify for free school meals or SNAP (food stamps).

*Shared from the Food Bank of North Alabama

Can you help us out? 🧦 We are in need of some clothing donations for our clothing closet! Thank you for helping us provide these necessities in our community! ☺️