Backpack Buddies Food List

We increased our reach by more than 50.

Backpack buddies food list. Spaghetti sauce small plastic jars or 15 oz cans box of macaroni and cheese. We had over 160 volunteers sign up to help fight childhood hunger these volunteers worked in 2 hour shifts at 10 grocery stores located in raleigh cary apex and durham. Dried or canned fruits fruit chews peanut butter crackers cheese crackers goldfish pudding or jello cups mini microwave popcorn etc. The backpack buddies program is essential to help relieve hunger which in turn will improve grades health school attendance and self esteem in these children.

More about volunteering. We hope to be able to invite groups back in for packs soon. The backpacks are packed with the following items. Each child enrolled in backpack buddies the supplemental weekend feeding program of second harvest community food bank receives a healthy breakfast a healthy lunch and a healthy snack each weekend during the school year.

Through donations from individuals businesses and local groups we provide funding and added expertise to over 20 grass roots supporting organizations that are dedicated to getting food to over 3 000 students who might otherwise go hungry. More than 2 000 kids received enhanced bags of food from backpack buddies every week from april to june. Volunteer opportunities at our north vancouver warehouse have unfortunately been limited during this time as we strive to keep everyone safe. Backpack buddies food list.

Backpack buddies exists to supply economically disadvantaged children in coweta county with food for the weekend. Get involved and learn how you can give back. More about food lists. Backpack buddies foundation of loudoun inc.

Juice boxes ramen noodles poptarts easy mac and cheese applesauce fruit cups granola bars raisins fruit snacks beanie weanies and spaghetti o s. Find out more here. We will be sending out about 800 larger bags for each week long school holiday and rely on monetary and food donations to help with the cost of these larger bags of food. Second harvest provides a variety of nutritious foods through backpack buddies.

Each backpack buddies bag includes enough food for six meals and two snacks. Bbfl is a private nonprofit organization that helps alleviate weekend hunger among students in our schools. With their help and after some small changes in how we operated the food drive we broke a record. The food drive kids and their volunteers pulled off another amazing food drive for backpack buddies in 2019.

That s two proteins two vegetables one fruit two noodles two breakfasts two milks one 100 fruit juice and two snacks. Our goal is to provide 3 entrees 2 breakfasts 2 snacks 1 juice or milk per week per child depending on funds and availability. Regular size box of cereal not bags. For the 2020 2021 school year we have over 2 500 children from 18 counties and over 50.

In the meantime we ll be posting any update. See where you can donate time each week.