Backpack Program Food List

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 program food list. Annual surveys now available. Backpack food programs provide nutritious non perishable easy to prepare food to children to ensure they get enough food on weekends and holidays to avoid hunger when they can t depend on school meals. Today bags of food are assembled at more than 160 local food banks and then distributed to more than 450 000 children at the end of the week. Click here to print your family survey in spanish.

The backpack program serves more than 1 400 students in 47 schools across 4 counties. Ask for a mailbox or basket in the front school office specifically for the backpack food program. For more than 15 years the feeding america backpack program has been helping children get the nutritious and easy to prepare food they need to get enough to eat on the weekends. Children at risk of weekend hunger receive a bag of food that is child friendly nutritious nonperishable and easy to eat.

Ask to include an article or description of the program in the school newsletter or website. Each backpack is packed and delivered with the love of jesus and has the potential to change a child s life. Developing a food wish list and or menu provides consistency to the types of food your backpack program provides. Complete list of schools backpack program fact sheet.

Create a food wish list or menu for your program. The backpack program continues to grow. Every backpack food program is unique to the community and school it serves. What is a backpack food program.

Complete list of schools backpack program fact sheet. Your wish list and or menu can be updated as needed. Feed more s backpack program provides children who don t have enough to eat with nutritious easy to prepare food at times when other resources are not available. We are excited to talk to potential new backpack partner schools about enrolling in the backpack program throughout the school year.

The concept is simple. Go back to our homepage now. The backpack program continues to grow. A sample description of a backpack food program is provided in tools for a successful program on page 20.

The purpose of the backpack program is simple to feed hungry kids. Looking for a different program. Welcome to the backpack program home page. Items that are shelf stable easy to open and are single servings tend to work best.