Salem Serving Day is an opportunity for every member of Salem (and friends of Salem) to be involved in some act of service during the morning of Saturday, Oct. 12.
Listed below are the items we are collecting for this year’s Salem Serving Day.
We are collecting material and supplies for lap quilts. The quilts will be given to Houston Hospice. Children’s book are being collected for Books Between Kids, whose focus is on low-income children in the Houston Independent School District. The children will receive six books at the end of school to encourage them to read during the summer and to create a home library. The rest of the items we are collecting will go to our Thank you baskets will be prepared for our area Constables and Firefighters.
- 1 or 2 yds of cotton fabric for each quilt top
- 2 1/2 yds of cotton fabric for each quilt backing
- 50″ x 60″ cotton or polyester low loft quilt batting
- scraps of cotton fabric, at least 5″ square
- Children’s book for Pre-K through 5th grade
- Individually wrapped candy bars and hard candy, etc. (bite-size)
- Prepackaged granola, granola bars, cookies, protein bars, etc. (like in the a vending machine)
