A S

IMPLE

GESTURE

P.O. BOX 822

NORWELL, M

A 020

61

ASIM

PLEGESTURE-N

ORWELL.ORG

EMAIL: INFO@

ASIM

PLE

GESTURE-N

ORWELL

.ORG

ASim

ple

A S

IMPLE

GESTURE is

an

all-volu

nteer,

501(c

)(3)

non

-profit char

ity

dedicated

to f

eeding

the h

ungry.

IMAGIN

E

Imagine the poss

ibilities of

what your “s

imple gesture”

can do.

If only 10

% of our neigh

bors boug

ht one

ex

tra no

n-perisha

ble fo

od item

eve

ry

time they

wen

t gro

cery sho

pping, w

e would add an ex

tra 40

tons

of food per

year to

our fo

od pan

try.

BUILDIN

G

COMMUNITY

BY S

HARIN

G F

OOD

With your help:

• W

e can m

ake it easier for

individuals to share food.

• W

e can help food pantries

pro

vide m

ore food to those

in need.

• W

e can help strengthen

neighborh

oods.

ASim

ple

Dear

Neigh

bor,

Natio

nally, the

deman

d at

foo

d ba

nks

continue

s to g

row. H

ere

in N

orwell,

an o

ften

uns

een

but eq

ually n

eedy

grou

p of

our

neig

hbors

stru

ggle

to

feed

the

mse

lves

or their child

ren.

Is the

re a

way

the

citi

zens

of

Norw

ell can

becom

e the

key

sour

ce o

f fo

od f

or its

needies

t?

We

think

so! T

hink

coo

l, gr

een

bag

you

see

in this

brochu

re.

We

will

give

you

a

really

cool,

green

bag

. Ju

st f

ill it

with

non

-pe

rish

able

items—

a simple

gest

ure—

and

we

will

pick

it up

.

This

prog

ram h

as a

lread

y pr

oven

su

cces

sful in

numerou

s commun

ities

ac

ross

the

cou

ntry: it's

a simple

prog

ram, ru

n en

tirely

by

volunteers

, that

help

s ou

r ne

ighb

ors

in n

eed.

We

are

conf

iden

t that

man

y of

our

cit

izen

s will

help in

this s

ystemat

ic fo

od collectio

n pr

ogra

m.

Plea

se con

tact u

s an

d we

will

bring

a cool,

green

bag

to

your

hou

se. Y

our

simple

gest

ure

will

mak

e a

diff

eren

ce

to the

needies

t am

ong

us.

Tha

nk y

ou f

or y

our su

ppor

t!

A S

imple Ge

stur

e-No

rwell

Steerin

g Committ

ee

Sim

ple

YOU W

ANT T

O

HELP...

WE W

ANT T

O

MAKE IT E

ASY!

A S

IMPLE

GESTURE is a door-to-d

oor

food collection pro

gram that will

pro

vide a steady supply of food to

the neediest families in N

orw

ell and

surrounding communities.

Thre

e S

imp

le S

tep

s:

1. E

ach wee

k whe

n yo

u go

sho

pping,

buy

one

extra non-

perisha

ble fo

od

item.

2. S

tore it in

your cool, gree

n bag

.

3. O

n a des

igna

ted Saturday

of ev

ery

other m

onth, a voluntee

r will pick

up th

e bag

, lea

ve ano

ther bag

in its

place

, and

take

the filled bag

to th

e Norw

ell F

ood Pan

try.

It's

that

sim

ple

: Yo

u buy

one

extra

non-

perisha

ble fo

od item

; we take

care

of the rest.

HOW T

O J

OIN

A S

IMPLE G

ESTURE

There are three w

ays to help:

Share

Fo

od

Ask

for a co

ol, gree

n bag

. We

estim

ate that fo

r ev

ery 30

0 peo

ple

who

partic

ipate, w

e will colle

ct one

ad

ditiona

l ton of food a m

onth. And

it

all s

tarts with

you.

Invit

e y

our

neig

hb

ors

Ask

neigh

bors if th

ey w

ould like

to get a

cool, gree

n bag

and

join th

is pro

gram

.

Help

tra

nsp

ort

fo

od

Onc

e ev

ery tw

o m

onths

, on a Sa

turday

, he

lp pick up

the gree

n bag

s an

d bring

to th

e food pan

try.

Co

nta

ct

us

asim

ple

gestu

re-n

orw

ell

.org

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up fo

rm

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s at in

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sture

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ell.o

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