Carry On Bags
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
The Fairfield Student Council returned today to help us get 343 bags ready for delivery. They have helped us several times during the school year and we are always happy to see them! Thank you so much for your help this afternoon, girls! March 9, 2026.
The Fairfield Lions Club, along with two Carry On Bags board members, came to help us fill bags this afternoon! It did not take long to fill the 351 bags with all the outstanding help we had! Thank you friends, we could not do this without you! February 23, 2026
Thank You MidWestOne Bank!
MidWestOne awarded Carry On Bags
a $5,000.00 foundation grant. The money will be used to purchase food for the Carry On Bags program. Thank you MidWestOne for your very generous donation!
Pictured are several of the Board Members of Carry on Bags along with Vice President Branch Manager of MidWestOne, Ron Haines.
Today we thank the Fairfield High School Student Council for their excellent help in filling bags! They have helped us in the past and are always quick and efficient in their work. This afternoon they filled 337 bags in a very short time. Thank you, we look forward to seeing you again! February 9, 2026.
Thank you Vaju Moorthy and volunteers from the MA Center for cooking and serving a delicious meal on February 6, 2026 to benefit Carry On Bags! We also thank all those who attended and donated to Carry On Bags!
Carry On Bags thanks Girl Scout Troop 4086 and other volunteers for the excellent help this afternoon! It was a bitter cold day, but we kept warm by filling 349 bags for delivery to the schools this week and next week! Thanks goes out to all of the fantastic helpers today! January 26, 2026.
We had some great help this afternoon from Cub Scout Pack 2 of Ottumwa and Webelos of Fairfield. Because they have done this before, they came in and got started right away! They made quick work of the job filling 362 bags in a very short amount of time! Thank you friends! January 12, 2026.
Where would we be without all the great volunteers we have? This afternoon the Fairfield High School Student Council came in and helped us get 376 bags ready for delivery to local schools! Thank you all for the excellent work! We look forward to seeing you again! December 15, 2025.
We are very thankful for the great group of volunteers we had this afternoon from First Baptist Church of Fairfield! They quickly filled 410 bags for delivery this week and next. The students that receive the bags of food will also be thankful for your work on this snowy day! Thank you friends! December 1, 2025.
Thank You Washington County Riverboat Foundation!
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation presented Carry On Bags with a grant for $5,200 at their awards ceremony on November 19, 2025. Kevin Heston, Vice-President was there to represent Carry On Bags. Carry On Bags would like to thank Washington County Riverboat Foundation for this generous donation!
Builder's Club, Key Club and Kiwanis came together this afternoon to help us fill Carry On Bags for delivery this week and next. They filled 399 bags in a very short time! Thank you friends for the great help! November 10, 2025.
The Fairfield Lion's Club and others (even a princess) helped Carry On Bags fill close to 400 bags this afternoon! The bags of food for preschool through high school students were filled in record time! Thanks to all who assisted Carry On Bags complete their mission. Your help is greatly appreciated! October 27, 2025
We are very grateful for the wonderful help we received this afternoon from FHS Student Council! Additional help came from friends of Carry On Bags! They filled 350 bags to be delivered to local schools this week and next. Thank you one and all!
October 13, 2025.
Thank you Girl Scout Troop 2269! This group of volunteers came and filled 400 bags of food this afternoon in a very short time! They did a great job and we are very thankful for their hard work!
September 29, 2025.
Thank You Farm Credit Services of America!
Carry On Bags would like to thank Farm Credit Services of America for the generous grant recently awarded to our nonprofit. It is charitable donations like these, and the numerous individual donations we receive that enable Carry On Bags to help reduce food insecurity in Jefferson County.
Farm Credit Services of America
is a mission-driven, customer-owned financial cooperative dedicated to serving rural America.
Serving rural America means more than financing those who farm and ranch.
Our community involvement program focuses on ag education, hunger relief, rural disaster relief, and rural health services. We support these initiatives through employee volunteering, financial contributions and grants.
Word of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfield were the first volunteers, of the 2025/2026 school year, to help us fill bags. We filled a little over 400 hundred bags to be delivered over the next two weeks to schools in Jefferson County. We appreciate their hard work in the high temperatures of this warm September day. Thank you Word of Life!
September 15, 2025.
Carry On Bags would like to thank the Greater Jefferson County Foundation for the generous grant awarded to our nonprofit at the awards ceremony Tuesday August 26, 2025. Our Vice President, Kevin Heston was present to receive the grant (second from left). Thank you Greater Jefferson County Foundation!
Picture from Southeast Iowa Union.
Carry On Bags would like to thank Vaju Moorthy and the MA Center Iowa in Fairfield for the benefit luncheon they hosted to raise money for Carry On Bags! They prepared and served a delicious North Indian meal on Friday, July 18th at Phoenix Rising Hall. We also thank all those who have helped support Carry On Bags by their attendance and donations! There was good food and fellowship with an all around desire to support the children of our community. Much thanks to all involved!
The MA Center Iowa has more benefit luncheons planned. If interested, you can find more information about their organization and their upcoming meals at:
na.amma.org sgiglia@gmail.com
Fairfield Kiwanis Builders Club set a new record time for filling 313 bags this afternoon. We don't have the exact time but it was around 15 minutes! Thank you Builder's Club, you were amazing! We hope to see you back again next year! May 12, 2025.
A fantastic group from St. Mary Catholic Church helped us fill weekend bags for children in the Fairfield schools this afternoon. They worked quickly to fill 347 bags for delivery this week and next! Thanks for your help! April 28, 2025.
Fairfield First Baptist Church was our volunteer group that helped fill bags today. They, along with two additional volunteers, filled over 300 bags! We are blessed to have such great help! Thank you, friends! April 14, 2025
Libertyville Church of the Brethren came to help us fill bags this afternoon! They filled 343 bags in a very short time!! These bags will be delivered to local schools over the next two weeks. Thank you friends for the wonderful help! March 31, 2025
We had some excellent help this afternoon from the Fairfield Lions Club! They quickly filled two weeks of bags for approximately 200 kids! Thank you Lions Club! We appreciate your help and heart for kids! March 10, 2025
We thank our regular volunteers who show up every other week during the school year to help set up for the community volunteer groups coming just an hour later to fill the bags! Here are two of several regular volunteers. Thanks to all!
