Treasure Coast Food Bank's Food for Kids Backpack Program
Grants to the Treasure Coast Food Bank helped create the Food for Kids Backpack Program to alleviate weekend hunger among children. The program gives low-income children a backpack or bag filled with child-friendly, nutritious food to take home every Friday. The project is a collaboration between the Treasure Coast Food Bank and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County. The Community Foundation provided a grant to create the program at the Indiantown Boys & Girls Club from the Community Impact Fund, the Marie Graber Martens Fund and the Sorrel Ross Bollet Endowment Fund. A grant from the Safety Net Challenge, a collaborative effort of area funders raising $1.3 million for emergency needs, helped expand the program to other locations, including Port Salerno.
Video produced by Stephen Leek Photography and the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
The food is primarily packed by kids in the Boys & Girls Clubs
who want to help their fellow club-goers.
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