Operation Backpack
Because hunger doesn't take a break on the weekend...
Basic Facts:
- 85% of children enrolled in St. Louis public schools rely on free or reduced-cost meal programs. For those children, weekends are filled with hunger and despair, as they often go home to houses with little or no food
- Backpacks filled with nutritious, kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare foods are given to children on Friday before school dismissal. On Monday, students return the empty backpacks and the cycle continues
- Operation Backpack was launched in the spring of 2008 to address the food insecurity experienced by thousands of children in St. Louis
- During the 2009 school year, Operation Backpack had nine schools enrolled with 885 low-income children receiving backpacks each weekend. Nearly 16,000 backpacks were provided to these children
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Operation Backpack succeeds with the support and generosity of the St. Louis community. Donations and volunteers are needed to support the continued growth of this critical program. For more information about how you or your organization can help, please contact program coordinator, Melissa Mobley at 314-726-5355 ext. 25 or at melissa.mobley@operationfoodsearch.org .
