{"id":29663,"date":"2026-01-26T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=29663"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:26:37","slug":"contribute-to-the-do-right-helping-hands-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2026\/01\/26\/contribute-to-the-do-right-helping-hands-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribute To The Do Right Helping Hands Food Drive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29210 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PAWP-1.png\" alt=\"An MPA parent helping out at the food drive.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>We are proud to continue our community-wide effort to support families in need across our local area. Each week from now until spring break, we are collecting and delivering nonperishable food, household essentials, and personal care items to benefit the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two local schools<\/li>\n<li>Local clinic on the East Side<\/li>\n<li>Open Cupboard\/Today\u2019s Harvest<\/li>\n<li>MPA\u2019s own community pantry, supporting MPA families<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are able, we invite you to drop off needed items at doors one and seven on any weekday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer Opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are needed weekly! If you would like to join us on campus to help sort, package, and prepare deliveries for our partner organizations, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/20F084DACA622A5FB6-61809296-doright#\/\">click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Needed Items\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n<strong>Canned Goods:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuna<\/li>\n<li>Chicken<\/li>\n<li>Sardines<\/li>\n<li>Vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Baby Corn<\/li>\n<li>Beans<\/li>\n<li>Fruit<\/li>\n<li>Coconut Milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Starches:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rice<\/li>\n<li>Pasta<\/li>\n<li>Mama Brand Instant Noodles<\/li>\n<li>Canton Egg Noodles (Dried)<\/li>\n<li>Corn Tortillas<\/li>\n<li>Maseca (corn flour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Easy Meals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac &amp; Cheese<\/li>\n<li>Ramen<\/li>\n<li>Soup<\/li>\n<li>Hamburger Helper<\/li>\n<li>Canned Pasta (ravioli, SpaghettiOs, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<strong>Dried:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beans<\/li>\n<li>Lentils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garlic<\/li>\n<li>Onion<\/li>\n<li>Chili Powder<\/li>\n<li>Cumin<\/li>\n<li>Bouillon Cubes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sauces\/Oils:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooking Oil<\/li>\n<li>Sesame Oil<\/li>\n<li>Pasta Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Black Bean Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Oyster Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Sriracha<\/li>\n<li>Soy Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Hoisin Sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4 col-xs-12\">\n<strong>Household Items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trash Bags<\/li>\n<li>Dish Soap<\/li>\n<li>Paper Towels<\/li>\n<li>Toilet Paper<\/li>\n<li>Laundry Detergent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Personal Hygiene:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shampoo\/Conditioner<\/li>\n<li>Body Wash\/Soap<\/li>\n<li>Lotion<\/li>\n<li>Deodorant<\/li>\n<li>Sanitary Pads<\/li>\n<li>Toothpaste<\/li>\n<li>Toothbrush<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diapers<\/li>\n<li>Formula<\/li>\n<li>Jelly<\/li>\n<li>Instant Coffee<\/li>\n<li>Cases of Water<\/li>\n<li>Shelf Stable Milk<\/li>\n<li>Cereal<\/li>\n<li>Snacks (chips, cheese crackers, granola bars, fruit pouches, cookie packs, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Applesauce<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Please follow <strong><a href=\"\/current-families\/food-allergies-mpa.shtml\">MPA\u2019s allergy guidelines<\/a><\/strong> and refrain from bringing in anything with peanuts or tree nuts as ingredients or in the precautionary allergen labeling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If your family needs support, please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out confidentially to Ashley Goetzke at <strong><a href=\"mailto:agoetzke@moundsparkacademy.org\">agoetzke@moundsparkacademy.org<\/a><\/strong>. We would be honored to assist through our MPA pantry.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the food drive, please contact MPA Parents Association co-presidents Laura Nicholson at <strong><a href=\"mailto:laurahnicholson@gmail.com\">laurahnicholson@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong> and Jasmin Stees at <strong><a href=\"mailto:jasminstees@yahoo.com\">jasminstees@yahoo.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to continue our community-wide effort to support families in need across our local area. Each week from now until spring break, we are collecting and delivering nonperishable food, household essentials, and personal care items to benefit the following: Two local schools Local clinic on the East Side Open Cupboard\/Today\u2019s Harvest MPA\u2019s own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":29211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-current-families","category-parents-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29663"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29665,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29663\/revisions\/29665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}