Food Bank for the Heartland BackPack Program
Registration Form Now Attached
There are many children in our community who depend on resources such as free or reduced-price lunches during the school year. The Food Bank for the Heartland Kids BackPack Program is designed to provide food for hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as during weekends and school vacations.
Staff members at local elementary schools identify chronically hungry students and then Food Bank for the Heartland supplies bags filled with child-friendly, nonperishable food for those children to take home on Friday afternoons. Each bag provides two breakfast meals and two lunch or dinner meals. They are delivered to participating schools by dedicated Food Bank for the Heartland volunteers and staff members.
Our BackPack Program is serving over 2,200 children in over 30 schools across nine school districts. Nationally, there were more than 3,600 BackPack Programs that provided much-needed food to over 190,000 children in 2009. To learn more, please contact Jessica Womack at (402) 331-1213 ext. 108. To view a PDF of the BackPack Program presentation, click here.
With the rising cost of living expenses, more and more families are struggling to make ends meet. A gift of $168 provides one child a weekend backpack for the entire school year.
If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring a child's backpack, please contact Brian Barks at (402) 331-1213.
Food Bank for the Heartland is committed to providing Kids BackPacks to every interested school within our service area.
Please Click Here For A Registration Form:
Please make checks to "Food Bank for the Heartland" and mail to:
Food Bank for the Heartland
6824 J Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68117
** Specify you are donating to the Missouri Valley, Iowa BackPack Program**
For more information and/or to donate online click on the link below:
Local Contact: Ashley Denton, Missouri Valley Elementary 642-2279
