Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
Discretely providing food to school-aged students during weekends & holidays.
Many students in northern indiana rely on school for their most nutritious or only, meal of the day. you can help a child focus on learning during the school year instead of focusing on the pangs of hunger.
Since 2006, the Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Backpack Program has been filling sacks of nutritious food that’s kid friendly, shelf stable and ready to eat with little or no cooking. This extra food improves their ability to learn and quality of life.
1 in 5 children in Indiana lives in a food insecure household.
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The Food 4 Kids Backpack Program is designed for students in grades K-6 and is free to eligible students. Participating schools are identified as having a high rate of children eligible for free/reduced lunch programs.
The Food 4 Kids Backpack Program provides weekend food bags to students in selected schools in Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starkes.
A $1XXX donation can feed one child for a school year.
For more information about Food 4 Kids, please call 574.232.9986 ext. 129.
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A $150 donation can feed one child for a whole school year!
A $1.00 donation buys nearly three meals. 94 cents of every dollar donated goes back into our community to support programming. For more information about food 4 kids, please call (574) 232-9986 ext. 129.
