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St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church has been awarded a $2,700 grant from the Central Community Foundation to support the church’s backpack ministry which supplies 150 middle school students with food weekly.

“When we started roughly five or six years ago, we were packing 50 backpacks,” said Darlene Waggoner, the backpack ministry coordinator. “It’s grown tremendously and it’s a wonderful group of volunteers who have fun while doing this for our community.”

The St. Francis Xavier backpack program, a volunteer-driven initiative, meets monthly to pack bags with nutritious food. The program aims to ensure that no middle school child goes hungry when school-provided meals are unavailable. It runs for the entire school year, including Thanksgiving and spring break. For more information about the church and its ministry, visit sfxstillwater.org.

The Central Community Foundation provides grants through the Operation Round Up program at Central Rural Electric Cooperative. Members of CREC can round up their monthly electric bills to the nearest dollar to help organizations and residents in need throughout Central’s seven-county service area. 

 

Central Community Foundation board president, Donna Dollins, presents a grant to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church backpack ministry volunteers (not in order) Anne Marie Mahoney, Mark Mahoney, Carol Ann Powell, Cheryl Palladino, Clem Ward, Mimi Ward, David Fairbanks, Grace Wettemann, Bob Wettemann, Joe Waggoner, Pam Biggs, Paul Govek, Sabine Lewis, Scott Jones, Jean Richtmeier and Darlene Waggoner.
Central Community Foundation board president, Donna Dollins, presents a grant to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church backpack ministry volunteers (not in order) Anne Marie Mahoney, Mark Mahoney, Carol Ann Powell, Cheryl Palladino, Clem Ward, Mimi Ward, David Fairbanks, Grace Wettemann, Bob Wettemann, Joe Waggoner, Pam Biggs, Paul Govek, Sabine Lewis, Scott Jones, Jean Richtmeier and Darlene Waggoner.