BackPacks

 

The Brazos Valley Food Bank’s Backpack Program provides food for children over the weekend in a backpack discreetly distributed every Friday throughout the school year.  Schools are provided 25 backpacks per week to provide to children at risk of going hungry over the weekend.  These backpacks provide children not only needed nourishment but school readiness, self-confidence and a self-assured start to the school day and week.  During the summer months, scaled down Backpack Programs operate at recreation centers and other venues.

Text Box: BackPack Partners: Schools Anson Jones Elementary Carver Early Children Learning Center College Hills Elementary Kemp Elementary Madisonville ISD Navarro Elementary Navasota ISD Sul Ross Elementary Southwood Valley Elementary   Summer Sites Brazos County Juvenile Services Carver Resource Center (Navasota) Fountain of Love Outreach Ministry (Madisonville) Jane Long Migrant Services Neal Recreation Center North Bryan Community Center               Text Box: Backpacks Distributed in 2007:  5,745   Unduplicated Children Receiving Backpacks in 2007: 272   Food Distributed through Backpacks in 2007:          51,151 lbs     Text Box:     Top 5 Reasons Children Are Chosen for the BackPack Program: 1. Guardian works, but cannot make ends meet 2. Guardian does not work 3. Grandparent raising child 4. Guardian disabled/sick 5. Guardian temporarily out of work   Evaluation of the program shows:       Decrease in complaints/signs of extreme hunger on Monday morning       Decrease in comments about not having enough food at home       Decrease in withdrawn, distressed, or passive-aggressive behavior   Read what the children, their parents and teachers are saying about the program:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Of the 38,000 individuals served in 2007 by the Brazos Valley Food Bank and its partners, 42% or 16,150 were children. 

 

More children, more schools could benefit from our BackPack program. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please consider

sponsoring a BackPack

or

conducting a BackPack specific food drive.