Volunteers for BackPack Buddies help hungry kids
February 10, 2017
118,000 children in the Greater Triangle may not know where their next meal is coming from. NCSU Libraries volunteers are helping to do something about that.
In February, twelve staffers made 114 lunches for BackPack Buddies, a program of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. BackPack Buddies provides children from food-insecure homes with healthy weekend meals during the school year. The children, selected by school principals, guidance counselors, and supervisors of various afterschool programs, receive a backpack containing six balanced meals and two healthy snacks at the end of every week. Local corporations, civic groups, and individuals help collect and pack bags with kid-friendly non-perishable food or become official sponsors.