Make and donate Snack Packs for local school kids! Gather your family, friends, or team and hold an off-site packing project for The Open Door food pantry. The Open Door supplies hundreds of snack packs every week at Dakota County Schools.

The steps are as easy as 1 - 2 - 3!

There is no minimum or maximum number of snack packs per person. Pack as few or as many as you like. Please reach out to nicole@theopendoorpantry.org to schedule a drop off day & time.

Blizzard Meals for Senior Citizens:

Gather ingredients for shelf stable meals that seniors can eat when there is an emergency such as severe weather or illness that would prevent them from going to a meal site or having meals delivered by Meals on Wheels. There is no minimum or maximum number of meal kits. Pack as few or as many as you like.

Project Details: Purchase and assemble two individual meals in one brown paper lunch sized bag. Please provide products on the list that won't expire for at least 6 months. These meals are intended to be shelf stable meals that Seniors can eat when there is an emergency such as weather or illness that would prevent them from going to a meal site or having meals delivered.

Each Blizzard Meal kit should contain:

• One can of chicken and one can tuna (or 2 chicken or 2 tuna)

• One 14-15 oz can of fruit.

• One 14-15 oz can of vegetables or vegetable soup.

• Four packs of saltines or two packs of cheese/peanut butter crackers.

• Two hot cocoa packets

• Two desserts (granola bars, pudding cups, packaged cookies)

Please Note: If packing meals into boxes for delivery please limit box size to include no more than 11 meals per box. (More than 11 meals make boxes too heavy).

Meals must be coordinated and delivered to 1605 Eustis Street, St. Paul or an LSS Meal site (all sites are in Western MN).

Kids' Kits for Camp Noah:

Create activity kits for children living in disaster-impacted communities. During Camp Noah, a team of certified camp staff accompany campers through a resiliency building curriculum that enables children to process their disaster and trauma experiences. Each camp is customized to the local community and offers children a safe space to tell their stories and build the resiliency skills they need to move forward. Since 1997, Camp Noah has served in 21 states and Puerto Rico.

Project Details: Kids' Kits should be packed in gallon-sized, zip-seal baggies. There is no minimum or maximum number of kits per volunteer. How many you make is totally up to you! Each donated kit must contain the following:

• (1) 8 or 10-count Crayola broad line washable markers (classic colors)

• (1) 8-count Crayola washable watercolor paints with brush

• (1) Elmer's glue stick

• (1) Kids-sized blunted scissors

• (1) Capped black pen

• (1) Unsharpened yellow pencil

• (1) Self-contained pencil sharpener

• (1) 4-ounce Play-Doh container (any color)

• (1) 24-count box of Crayola crayons

Please mail or deliver to the Camp Noah national office,

709 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55104.

Contact: Campnoah@lssmn.org or by phone 800.947.0061.