Food banks around the country are trying to address this problem with a program known as “Back Pack” or “Power Pack” which provides healthy packs of food on Fridays that supply approximately 3 meals for a child over the weekend. The difficulty, of course, is funding this program on a consistent basis.
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Think about it this way *…
If you’re a Teacher and you have 10 kids in your class who depend on a Power Pack to have some source of food after lunch on Friday and before Breakfast at school on Monday … but you only have one Power Pack to give away … how do you decide among all of your 10 students when each is just as deserving as the next? Who do you choose? How do you pick the one child who gets to eat and then know that you’re responsible for the remaining 9 who will likely go hungry? *These are actual numbers from the Cincinnati Public Schools |
Sample Back Pack/Power Pack
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So, what can we do?
We can partner with those already making it happen!
We believe that, with your help, we can start to alleviate this terrible situation by providing an annual influx of funds to Feeding America Food Banks by producing and selling a series of cook books called Dinner with Our Friends.
We can partner with those already making it happen!
We believe that, with your help, we can start to alleviate this terrible situation by providing an annual influx of funds to Feeding America Food Banks by producing and selling a series of cook books called Dinner with Our Friends.
The Cincinnati Freestore/Foodbank (FS/FB) asked some of the children who received backpacks to tell them two things:
1) How has your Powerpack changed things at school, at home or on your weekend?
2) If you could tell the people who gave you the food anything you wanted, what would you say?
Then they drew their own pictures and told the FS/FB what they thought...
(click image to enlarge)
1) How has your Powerpack changed things at school, at home or on your weekend?
2) If you could tell the people who gave you the food anything you wanted, what would you say?
Then they drew their own pictures and told the FS/FB what they thought...
(click image to enlarge)
The Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank is a strong supporter of our work and we have a robust distribution plan with a respected company acting as our partner in the appropriate markets.