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Friday, December 09, 2011

Ministry Feeds Children Who Go Hungry on the Weekends


Imagine having to save a half a pack of crackers from the vending machine because you were worried your brother might not have food for dinner.

That was the case for one young boy in Virginia. Last year, his teacher discovered that many children in his school were going hungry on the weekends and weeknights, and they didn’t know where their next meal would come from.

She came to this realization, by accident, through an award she gave out each week to a student in her class for doing something special. The student who was picked got to choose a snack out of the vending machine as their reward.

One week, the boy who won picked a pack of crackers for his prize and only ate half of the pack. When the teacher asked him why he didn’t want more, he said he had to save them for his brother since he might not have enough to eat that night at dinner.

The teacher bought him another pack of crackers for his brother and then started brainstorming about how she could fix this problem. And soon after, through a partnership with humanitarian aid organization, Gleaning For The World, Backpacks for Kids’ Sake was born.

In researching and implementing the backpacks program, GFTW discovered that 6,850 elementary school children in Central Virginia go home from school for the weekend to a house with little or no food. To read more, click here.

BackPacks For Kids’ Sake

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