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Backpack Program
In an effort to prevent childhood hunger and to provide each child the opportunity to succeed in school and life, this program provides food for economicallydisadvantaged school children each weekend. Each backpack provides a child with enough food to sustain a family of four through the weekend, when they don’t have access to school food. In 2011, the program started with two schools and 80 bags of food.
In 2022:
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Served 63 schools
Enrolled 640 students
Backpack Barn volunteers gave over 2,729 volunteer hours working in the barn and loading cars for volunteers delivering food bags to schools.
The Summer Feeding Program distributed 200 bags of food weekly.
Food lockers installed at Jersey Village High School.
Many schools and organizations participated in collecting canned food and supplies for Cy-Hope.
