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Hope Packs: Helping Children Struggling with Food Insecurity
In a school cafeteria, a teacher saw a young boy carefully wrapping some food and placing it in his backpack. She had to tell him that he wasn't allowed to do that. His response? I'm taking it home to my little brother who hasn't eaten today. Moved with compassion, the teacher contacted Midwest Food Bank to see if we could work together to help students struggling with food insecurity. Hope Packs, our student feeding program was born. Midwest Food Bank began distributing child-friendly food items to dedicated school volunteers. The volunteers would package it together in a bag to give to the students. Every Friday, at-risk youth would be given a bag of food to help them through the weekend.
Midwest Food Bank, Morton Division
Lisa Martin
700 Erie Ave.
Morton, IL 61550
Phone: (309)291-0900
As a faith-based organization, it is the mission of Midwest Food Bank to share the love of Christ by alleviating hunger and malnutrition locally and throughout the world and providing disaster relief; all without discrimination. Our vision is to provide industry-leading food relief to those in need while feeding them spiritually.
As a faith-based organization, it is the mission of Midwest Food Bank to share the love of Christ by alleviating hunger and malnutrition locally and throughout the world and providing disaster relief; all without discrimination. Our vision is to provide industry-leading food relief to those in need while feeding them spiritually.