WHEN MAKING A DONATION ONLINE, PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE FUND IS “ROOTED SERVICE PROJECTS.” OTHERWISE YOUR DONTATION WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!

The Rooted program (6th-8th Grade Faith Formation at St. John Neumann Church) works together each year to engage in multiple service projects including our goal to provide over 50,000 meals to the hungry and we need your support.

There are many ways for you to show your support!

• Donate - ONLINE GIVING – Use the button below (or click here) and make sure that you choose “Rooted Service Projects.”
• Volunteer – As we get closer to our next food packing event, we will need help in many ways. For now, we are hoping to form a fund raising team (of adults and youth) to help us focus on our growing goals. Please email Angela Davis at adavis@saintjn.org if you have any questions or want to get involved.
• Spread the Word – Share our donation link with your friends and family by email, text, social media, or any other way you share information! The URL is: https://onrealm.org/StJohnNeumannCa/give/ROOTED
• Pray – Please offer prayers for the Rooted and Branching Out participants and volunteers and for the organization we partner with (such as Cross Catholic) and the many people who they serve!

We would like to thank all of you who supported these efforts in the past. Here are some of the things we’ve been able to do thanks to your generosity!

• So far in 2026, we were able to expand our March food packing event to include families and other members from our parish. In total, we packs over 71,000 meals!
• 2025 - We packing over 50,000 meals through Cross Catholic Outreach. We visited JK Community Farms to help with planting and harvesting food for local families in need. Finally, we packed over 50 Boxes of Joy to be sent to children in communities around the world through Cross Catholic Outreach.
• 2024 – We packed over 50,000 meals through Cross Catholic Outreach. We also visited JK Community Farms to help with planting and harvesting food for local families in need. Finally, we packed about 45 Boxes of Joy to be sent to children in communities around the world through Cross Catholic Outreach.
• 2023 –
• Packed and sent 41,400 meals to those in need around the world.
• Packed 50 Boxes of Joy sent to youth in other countries (many of these youth have never before received a gift.)
• Purchased bracelets for the youth of our sister parish, Nino Jesus.
• Made and donated 35 blankets to homeless shelters
• Sent Christmas cards to the homebound of our parish.
• Took a trip to JK Community Farms to harvest food for local families.
• 2022 – In March, we packed and shipped 41,286 meals to youth and families struggling throughout the world. We packed 28 Boxes of Joy sent to youth in other countries (many of these youth have never before received a gift.) and took a trip to JK Community Farms to harvest food for local families.
• 2021 – Though we were not be able to do the food packing we had hoped, we still supported Cross Catholic and the communities they serve through their Box of Joy program (creating 25 gifts for youth). We took a trip to JK Community Farms and harvested over 400 pounds of potatoes for local families.
• 2020 / 2021 – Most of our fundraising and our food packing events were canceled due to public health concerns caused by the pandemic. Fortunately, due to the amazing support of our community, we were still able to donate $5,000 to Cross Catholic which provided about 20,000 meals to those in need (see below for an article with more details).
• 2019 – In March of 2019, we were able to pack over 40,000 meals, meet our goal of raising $10,000, and to provide Cross Catholic with a bit extra to support additional meals and shipping costs (see below for pictures).