F.L.Y. (Feeding Lunch to Youth and their Families)
2010 Statistics
Number of Lunches provided in 2010: 20,124
Number of Take Home Bags provided on Fridays: 1,071
Estimated number of volunteer hours for the summer of 2010: 1739
Number of congregations participating: 11
Number of corporations participating: 4Thank you to all that volunteered and supported Feeding Lunches to Youth!
Click here to watch the 2010 FLY Thank You Video!
Serve the Hungry
Monday –Friday10:30-11:30—12 people needed daily
Make Sandwiches
Sack contacts of lunch bags12:00-12:45—18 people needed daily
Deliver Lunches
- Pick Up Lunches at Marion First United Methodist Church.
- Enter the Glass Door at 12th Street and 8th Ave.
- Drive to Lunch Site to pass out lunches at 12:15 pm.
- Return leftovers and count sheet
1:00—Clean up—2 people needed daily
1:15—Delivery of Leftover Sandwiches
Serve by Spreading the Word
EverydayEncourage your friends to volunteer
Encourage school children to participateServe by Supporting the Ministry
$450 supports one day of FLY
$2000 supports a week of FLYHistory
In the summer of 2007, a group from First UMC participated in a mission experience in North Omaha. While there, the group served meals, helped at a food pantry, and helped out throughout the city. Group members were reminded that in our own community there are people who need these same things. Teachers in this group talked about the students who rely on hot lunch programs at their schools. For some students, those are the only meals they get. On days when there is no school, there may be no food for them.
After we returned home, this group invited others to explore and plan how to meet the needs of those children who may not eat when school is not in session. We decided to create FLY (feeding Lunch to Youth and their families) during those times. Our first lunch was served during winter break of 2007. Since that time, we have grown to 12 locations and average 400 lunches a day.
FLY is supported by nine congregations, two volunteering corporations, and several financial supporters. FLY partners with Marion Christian Church as our secondary operational site. Congregational Partners: Marion Christian, Living Water UMC, Christ Community UMC, First Presbyterian, Echo HIll, St. Joseph Catholic, New Life, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, and volunteers from a variety of other congregations.
Testimonies Link – Click here to view
Brochure Download – Click here to view
IS this all that FLY will do? Nope. As we continue to grow, we dream of having multiple serving sites, math/reading help, parenting classes, financial budgeting assistance, program intern, and more.
If I have more questions, where can I go?
fly@fumcmarion.org 377-5344
Joan Padley, Education Program Coordinator jomap@email.com
First United Methodist Church
1298 Seventh Avenue
Marion, Iowa 52302
(319) 377-4856