Backpack Food Program Menu

It s also possible to bring some fresh produce.

Backpack food program menu. When deciding what food to pack consider these tips. The backpack weekend food program inc. Funded by grants and community donations the backpack food program provides a weekend s worth of healthy well balanced meals in small bags. 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.

Give help get help. The bags are given to the students teachers every thursday to be discreetly placed into the child s backpack on friday. Add hot water to oatmeal in bowl stir. When schools closed we responded.

Here are some of the menus we have to choose from. Please browse our site or contact khristen carlson via email at khristen. September 9th 10th september 30th october 1st october 21st. The saying it takes a village to raise a child became even more evident the last several weeks.

6 26 2014 our food packs contain breakfast lunch and a snack for each day that school is not in session. Bpb stocks them with fresh food canned and dry goods proteins fruits vegetables pastas and rices breakfast foods cereal oatmeal etc snacks shelf stable milk 100 fruit juice and other food items. It s easy to incorporate some fresh foods into your backpacking menu if you don t mind a little extra weight. Consider including a baguette nuts and seeds and hard cheeses such as parmesan or gouda.

Menu 2a two day weekend breakfast 1 instant oatmeal. Day 1 menu breakfast 1 bowl of cereal. Montgomery food for kids backpack program is a grassroots organization working to break the cycle of generational poverty by ensuring that children have enough food to eat even when not at school. To see the program in action watch our video.

Feed more s backpack program provides children who don. Bwfp is dedicated to providing healthy non perishable meals to students to take home on the weekend during the school year so they can come to school the following week better nourished and ready to learn. Why we do it. Most fresh foods are good for one day or two inside your pack depending on the.

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. Add your own milk. Home how we help weekend backpacks.