VBS Kids are “Truckin’ to End Hunger”
Mission project to feed the hungry adapts to any VBS theme and curriculum

Each year thousands of children attending Vacation Bible Schools (VBS) around the nation learn what Jesus meant when he said, “You give them something to eat.” Through Bible stories and activities found in the Society of St. Andrew's mission project package, the children learn that there are people who go hungry, even in their own town, and they are given the opportunity to actually help feed their hungry neighbors through donations of their nickels and dimes.

The Society of St. Andrew’s (Advance #801600) very popular, effective, and free annual VBS mission project package is now available. This year’s program, “Truckin’ to End Hunger,” is a fun way to involve VBS in feeding the hungry right here in America. “Truckin’ to End Hunger” is designed to supplement any VBS program and help students learn about hunger in America and how Jesus wants us to help. Student sheets, containing a short scripture story, facts about hunger and the Society of St. Andrew’s hunger-relief ministry, potato trivia, and a pencil activity, are included for each day.

The mission project title plays off of the Society of St. Andrew’s (SoSA) national hunger-relief program, the Potato Project, which salvages potatoes that are perfectly good and nutritious, but can’t be sold because of market factors. The spuds are either too big, too small, or there are simply too many of them. Instead of letting them go to waste, SoSA trucks these donated white and sweet potatoes in tractor-trailer loads to agencies feeding the hungry throughout the nation, and at a cost of just over five cents a pound! It’s a simple and effective way to obey Jesus’ commands to feed the hungry, while also being good stewards of our nation’s abundance.

Along with teaching children about hunger and helping those in need, the goal is for each VBS to raise enough through offerings for 1,000 pounds of potatoes that will end up on the plates of hungry people right here in America. At a nickel and pound, that’s a goal of $50.

Last year 175 churches used the Society of St. Andrew’s VBS program. The children attending VBS enthusiastically answered Jesus’ call to feed the hungry by donating $40,123 – enough to provide more than two million servings of food to hungry men, women and children! On average, each participating VBS raised four and half times the goal of $50.

“Truckin’ to End Hunger” is free and there is no obligation. Order a free sample kit today. Call Susan Allen at the Society of St. Andrew, 800-333-4597; email church@endhunger.org; fax your request to 434-299-5949; or order on line at www.endhunger.org/order_material.htm. Materials should arrive within two weeks of ordering.

More information about the Society of St. Andrew and its hunger relief ministry, including the Potato Project, Gleaning Network, Harvest of Hope, and Hunger Relief Advocate programs, is available at www.endhunger.org.