How many of powdered would you like to send to Casa Hogar?

• It costs a little more than $85 to buy & ship one 50 lb. of to Casa Hogar. • Just over 50 lbs of pennies fills 1.5 gallons which equals about $85.

Set a goal … Make your goal ... Send milk to orphans.

All monies raised for a shipment need to be sent to the Diocese of La Crosse.

If you would like an empty powdered milk bag to use , please con- tact the Diocese of La Crosse Office of Ministries and Social Con- cerns @ 608-791-2667. Casa Hogar -AJPM , website: www.homeajpm.org WHAT IS PROJECT MILK? BUY-A-BAG IDEAS

Milk is purchased from local farms Setting out empty powdered milk bag, milk Then it is processed into powdered milk for change and the poster are all It is shipped to Peru very helpful visual aids. Finally, it arrives at the or- phanage for all 64  INDIVIDUALS: You can buy bags of kids and others in the milk by simply writing a check OR community you can challenge other individu- als/groups and make it a competi- PROJECT MILK GOALS: tion to raise funds through various means.

Support local dairy farmers  Catholic School, CCD/Religious Ed. Provide nutrition to the chil- &Youth Groups: Have a Penny War among dren in Peru classes, groups, even parishes to see who can Outreach to others in need first reach your goal OR send the most by a throughout the community deadline. It takes about 1.5 gallons of pennies near Casa Hogar to equal $85. Helps keep Wisconsin connected to the Diocesan orphanage, Casa  Parishes: Set a goal, set out empty milk jugs Hogar & a Grassland bag—invite all parishioners to

meet a set goal by a set deadline. HISTORY OF PROJECT MILK: All monies raised for a shipment need to be sent  More than 500 tons of milk have been to the Diocese of La Crosse, Office of Ministries shipped to Peru since the start of and Social Concerns, PO 4004, La Crosse, Project Milk WI 54602 .  Powdered milk benefits 17 organizations in the Lima area.  Powdered milk now being reconstituted into . Provides nine essential nutrients for the FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES / children IDEAS  Casa Hogar website: www.homeajpm.org HOW DOES THE BUY-A-BAG FUND- RAISER WORK?  Diocese of La Crosse website:  Provide a quantified dollar amount of the total www.dioceseoflacrosse.com > under Ministries & Social Concerns cost to get a bag of powdered milk to Casa Hogar ~ $85.  Invite individuals and groups to set a tangible goal— number of bags you wish to send.  Offer you ideas and resources to help make this hap- pen.