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The BackPack Buddies Program provides children from food-insecure homes with weekend meals during the school year. Local corporations, civic groups, and individuals help collect and pack bags with kid-friendly non-
perishable food. The children receive a backpack, containing six nutritious and balanced meals, at the end of every week. The children are served in partnership with school principals, guidance counselors, and various after school programs. |
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| Inside each backpack |
Fast facts |
- canned meats
- canned stews
- packaged noodles
- 100% juice boxes
- shelf-stable milk
- healthy snacks
- breakfast items
- canned fruit
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- 91,000 children on our
service area are on free
or reduced school lunch
- 675 children are enrolled
in BackPack Buddies at
24 sites in 7 counties
- Backpacks are filled with
6 meals and 2 healthy
snacks
- $306 provides a child
facing food insecurity,
a BackPack filled with
nutritious food each
weekend for the entire
school year.
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