Yesterday, members and visitors to Holy Innocents dropped off 75 grocery bags with shopping lists at the doors of homes in the neighborhood surrounding the church. Attached to the bags were shopping lists and an invitation to Christmas Eve services. The shopping lists read:

Please help us gather food for the hungry and the working poor in the Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg area. Shop for the hungry, and place food and toiletries in this bag. Put it out at your front door Sunday, December 11 by 1130am. We will pick up bags that day.

If you are unable to leave a bag out for pick up, you are welcome to bring it to the church the following Sunday, or on Christmas Eve.

Particularly needed:
? Canned Corn
? Canned Fruit
? Ramen Noodles
? Canned Meats
? Hot Cocoa Mix
? Boxed Potatoes
? Jello & Pudding Mixes
? Chunky Soups
? Tuna (canned and ?ready to eat? packages
? Toothpaste
? Bars of Soap, sample sizes of toiletries, etc.
? Chili (boxed or canned)

Also useful for people with limited cooking facilities:
? Crackers or other flatbreads, rice cakes
? Dried fruits and nuts, trail mix
? Juice boxes
? Canned or evaporated or ultra-pasteurized milk
? Mini-boxes of cereal (the ?makes its own bowl? kind)
? Plastic flatware/napkins

Thank you for helping to feed the hungry!

We will return to pick up bags next Sunday, and hope that our neighbors will leave the bags out on their front porches so that we may quickly pick up the donated items.