Backpack Buddies

 

DID YOU KNOW in this country, 25% of children are food insecure.
A startling fact!

But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he stood a little child beside him and said to them, “Anyone who takes of a little child like this is caring for me. And whoever cares for me is caring for God who sent me. Your care for others is the measure of your greatness.”
Luke 9:47-48 (Living Bible)

Backpack Buddies is a nationwide program whose intention is to feed hungry children, including providing weekend meals for children of low-income families to replace the school meals they miss during their weekends or extended breaks from school.

Brookwood Baptist Church and True Vine Evangelical Church have partnered through Backpack Buddies to supply food for Inglenook Elementary School students in Tarrant who have been identified as “food insecure.” Many children at Inglenook receive breakfast and lunch at school during the week but have very little to eat on the weekends and many of these children are in single-parent families with the parent working on the weekend, so the children are responsible for feeding themselves. The Backpack Buddies ministry at Brookwood Baptist Church collects food and monetary donations for use in purchasing food. Members of True Vine and Brookwood pack the food into individual bags for the children and True Vine delivers the food to Inglenook Elementary on Fridays for discrete distribution to the children in need. The ministry serves 150 children each week during the school year.

Each weekend food bag contains enough food for the six-weekend meals plus snacks. All food is non-perishable, individual servings, and easy to open and prepare.