You Can Help a Child This Weekend!
Northlands Rescue Mission is committed to ending hunger in our community. That's why we started the Backpack Program, which provides local children with food every week. More than 740 children receive a bag of food through their school that they can take home over the weekend. We fill it with two breakfast items, two lunch items, two fruit items, two snacks, and two juice pouches. This helps ensure that kids have a healthy and reliable source of food over the weekend. It also helps parents save money so that they can pay the bills and purchase items their children need, such as school supplies.
When you support the Backpack Program, you are supporting a child's future. Please consider making a donation below or sign up to volunteer for the program!
Items Currently Needed for Donation:
Ramen Noodles
Chef Boyardee/Mac and Cheese cups
100% Juice Pouches (e.g. Capri Sun)
Instant Oatmeal Packets (not containing nuts)
Individually packaged snack items (not containing nuts)
Applesauce/fruit cups
26,410
bags of food distributed during the 2019-20 school year
740
bags distributed per week to six different elementary schools
$2.50
cost to feed one child for a weekend
