Backpack Food Program Menu

Present at a staff and parent group meeting to garner additional support for the program.

Backpack food program menu. The backpack weekend food program inc. Try to aim for a balance of flavors salty sour sweet spicy and textures soft crunchy crumbly crispy to keep your palate satiated. Backpack program food wish list individually packaged oatmeal or grits individually packaged fruit peaches pears mixed fruit etc individually packed crackers individual pasta ravioli spaghetti o s vienna sausages individually packed cereal granola bars oatmeal bars. Backpack food program weekend menus page 1 feeding our communities partners updated.

To see the program in action watch our video. The bags are given to the students teachers every thursday to be discreetly placed into the child s backpack on friday. The menu for each week s bag includes 1 2 items from each of the food groups. Funded by grants and community donations the backpack food program provides a weekend s worth of healthy well balanced meals in small bags.

Your wish list and or menu can be updated as needed. When schools closed we responded. Our menu ranges from ramen noodles to crackers and cinnamon toasters including a variety of cheese oriented products that are bound to leave the kids craving for more. Thanks to feed more s backpack program weekends are worry free for our region s kids.

Feed more s backpack program provides children who don. Set up a meeting with the principal to discuss the possibility of starting a backpack program in your school. Our backpack program weekend food supplies do not only include an extensive menu but it can also be readily optimized to add or subtract gluten or other allergens. Developing a food wish list and or menu provides consistency to the types of food your backpack program provides.

Add hot water to oatmeal in bowl stir. A sample food wish list and menu is provided in the enclosed tools for a successful food drive. Menu 2a two day weekend breakfast 1 instant oatmeal. 6 26 2014 our food packs contain breakfast lunch and a snack for each day that school is not in session.

Fruits vegetables dairy grain protein one meal item such as macaroni and cheese or soup snacks 2 p a g e for food to be included in a backpack bag it is required to meet certain nutrition standards. Items that are shelf stable easy to open and are single servings tend to work best. Here are some of the menus we have to choose from. A variety of foods is key to keeping most backpackers motivated on the trail.

The saying it takes a village to raise a child became even more evident the last several weeks. Home how we help weekend backpacks. Make sure you have a balance of carbohydrates protein and fats. Give help get help.

When students leave school for the weekend the last thing they should have to worry about is how they are going to get their next meal.