SPECIAL PROJECTS
WEEKEND FOOD BAGS
Open Doors provides food bags for weekend meals to 250 school kids from food insecure families in our community. Your donations will ensure these kids don't go hungry on the weekends when they are not getting free meals at school.
Will you please donate from the food listed below? Thank you for your generosity.
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Non-refrigerated Yogurt
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Protein Bars
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Chewy Granola Bars
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Crunchy Granola Bars
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Cereal (individual servings)
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Pop-Tarts
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Raisins (small, snack size)
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Mac & Cheese cups or Easy Mac pouches
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Canned Pasta with meat (SpaghettiOs/Ravioli)
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Microwave Popcorn
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Goldfish/Cheez-its
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
Each year we provide all of our clients' school age children with grade-specific school supplies in a new backpack along with socks, underwear and a shirt. In 2025, we helped almost 300 children due to generous donations.
We hope to enable each child to look forward to the first day of school and that this enthusiasm will continue throughout the school year. Help up to offer a hand up, not just a handout.
Shop from our Amazon Wishlist link below to help the success of this program. We are in need of new socks and underwear, anything Crayola, and backpacks. Monetary donations are always welcome and allows us to purchase exactly what we need for the kids.
This program is available for children in grades K-12.
250
students served each week
with Weekend Food Bags
in 2025
293
students served with
Back-To-School supplies
in 2025
185
families served
a Thanksgiving meal
in 2025
190
families served
a Christmas meal
in 2025
THANKSGIVING
Open Doors is happy to assist our clients with additional food for Thanksgiving so families can celebrate this holiday at home with their families.
Feel free to contact Carrie Larrison to find out what donations are still needed or use the donate button at the top of this page to assist financially.
CHRISTMAS
Open Doors partners with Westfield Washington Schools to ensure all children in the city of Westfield have a wonderful holiday. Each registered child receives 2 gifts that they want (toys, games, makeup, etc) and 2 gifts that they need (clothes, hats, gloves, etc), based on a list provided by a parent. We strive to keep each gift valued at $25. Please contact Carrie Larrison to find out how you or your business can contribute gifts for the children in our community.
Each client of Open Doors also receives additional food so they can enjoy a wonderful holiday meal with their family. Please contact Carrie Larrison to find out what items are still needed or use the donate button at the top of this page to contribute financially.
Monetary donations can be made through the link at the top of this page, or by check sent to:
Open Doors of Washington Township
PO Box 196
Westfield, IN 46074
Food and Clothing donations can be dropped off during pantry hours or any time in our Donation Boxes on the west side of our building at 19360 Tomlinson Road, Westfield. Please do not leave perishable food in these bins as they are not temperature controlled.
When ordering from our Amazon Wish List, items will ship to an Open Doors officer by default. Please do not have your order shipped directly to Open Doors. The building is not open every day to receive orders, and we do not want items left at the door.