Text Box: This Backpack Program provides ready-to-eat/child-friendly foods in a backpack to at-risk children at designated schools in Bryan/ College Station each Friday of the school year so that they have enough food to eat over the weekend. Text Box: Suggested Items: Cereal Bars Chicken Noodle Soup (pop top) Easy Mac Granola Bars Oatmeal Packs Sandwich Crackers Trail Mix / Ind. Snacks Tuna Lunch Kits Vienna Sausages Text Box: Elizabeth Etier Backpack Program Assistant Phone: 979-779-3663 Email: elizabethe@bvfb.org Text Box: By hosting a food drive for the Backpack Program, your group will collect designated food items used daily for this program, greatly impacting the life of a child in need. Text Box: Host a Backpack Food Drive! Text Box: Louis Martinez Volunteer Coordinator Phone: 979-779-3663 Email: louism@bvfb.org Text Box: Can you imagine a young child showing up for school on Monday not having eaten over the weekend? How does he concentrate? How can she learn? The Brazos Valley Food Bank’s Backpack Program provides a solution!