Most children take a backpack to school filled with required school supplies that will allow them to do their school work. But this weekend about a hundred local school children will be bringing home an extra backpack -- one donated by the Children's Hunger Project.
I met Mr. Barnes personally a couple months back during the initial planning phase of this project. And he's really passionate about his program and didn't ask for much just that people realize that there's a need out there and that if we're able to fill that need we should step up in any capacity that we can and not just with his program.
Coinciding with the start of the school year, at least 100 students at Riviera Elementary School in Palm Bay will receive backpacks on Friday that will be filled with enough food to see them through the weekend. Menu items include: cereal, Vienna sausages, beef ravioli, spaghetti & meatballs, milk & juice, a snack bar and various fruit desserts.
The Hunger Project is financed through private and corporate donations, some of which come from members of the group's board of directors and the public as word spreads.
If you would like to learn more about the Children's Hunger Project visit their official website to learn more about the program or to donate.
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