Fifteen years ago, Reisa George was teaching a ceramics class at Charles W. Duval Elementary School (now called Duval Early Learning Academy) when she noticed students were returning to the breakfast ...

One Thanksgiving holiday many years ago, while working as a news reporter, I tagged along with a local charitable group delivering turkeys to needy families. After a couple of stops it became quite ...

The "Backpacks for Friday" program, which delivers nutritional meals and snacks to low-income children for the weekend, is being expanded to serve children at Blanchard Elementary School beginning ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- For most students, the final school bell on Friday signals a fun weekend ahead. But for others it can signal 72 hours without reliable access to nutritious food. That's the ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Meridian Food Bank is working to ensure students in the West Valley School District do not go hungry on weekends. Every Tuesday, volunteers with the Backpack Program pack hundreds ...

A donation to the Backpacks for Kids program will mean that a greater number of students in the Eel River Valley with food insecurity will not go hungry. Accepting a $5,000 donation from the Eel River ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Blessings in a Backpack is revamping its program in the Wausau and D.C. Everest school districts. They have a new place online for you to sign up to help pack and to give ...

BRAINERD — As the new school year approaches, Second Harvest Northland recognizes the 15th anniversary of its BackPack Program. Started in 2010 by Superior National Bank as the Superior School ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As the school year kicks off, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore is working to ensure children don’t go hungry when school meals aren’t available on the ...

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The new efforts are modeled after a larger program, the Eastern Illinois Foodbank’s BackPack Program, which offers a coordinated approach to alleviating child hunger through its Healthy Futures ...

Escambia County and Santa Rosa County public schools are stepping up to make sure their students don’t go hungry. With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits not being issued after ...