WHAT IS NEEDED?

Non-perishable food items; volunteers to sort food and deliver food baskets; cash donations. All the money and non-perishable food items help the needy families in Bismarck and Burleigh County.

DROP OFF POINTS

• Non-perishable food items and cash donations can be dropped off at the KFYR Radio broadcast at Kirkwood Mall on Saturday December 5, 2009. This will be KFYR Radio's 24th year of broadcasting live on behalf of the "Open Your Heart" campaign. The broadcast will again be live from in front of Herberger's, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on December 5. [Read More]

• Food and cash donations can be delivered 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, at the American Legion office now located in the Alliance Real Estate building at 1022 East Divide Avenue in Bismarck.

Cash donations are being accepted now

Send your donation check to:
“Open Your Heart”,
P. O. Box 753, Bismarck, ND, 58502.

Tuesday December 22, 2009

Open Your Heart campaign sorts food items from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and makes up baskets in the Civic Center Exhibit Hall at 6:30 p.m. For more information, Robert Wefald at 223-8975 or 222-6682, ext. 124.
 

Wednesday December 23, 2009

Open Your Heart campaign loads and delivers baskets from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Civic Center Exhibit Hall. For more information, Robert Wefald at 223-8975 or 222-6682, ext. 124.

327 families have been selected to receive assistance from Open Your Heart this year, consisting of 471 adults and 548 children.

Families range in size from 1 to 12.

Food baskets will be delivered to 308 families serving 961 people, while 19 families will receive assistance only for new clothes for the 58 children in those families.