Backpack Program

Each week, over one hundred and twenty (120) backpacks full of nutritious food are provided to families in need at multiple schools including Barnes, Beaver Acres, Elmonica, Nancy Ryles, Sexton Mountain and Ridgewood Elementary Schools. Backpacks are returned and refilled each week with over 5,000 backpacks distributed annually.

Each pack contains 13 – 15 pounds of food.  Typical contents include:

·         Tuna or peanut butter/jelly
·         Pasta
·         Rice
·         Dry or canned beans
·         Canned vegetables
·         Canned fruit
·         Apple sauce
·         Soup
·         Spaghetti or tomato sauce
·         Cookies/crackers/snacks