For a fifth summer, the Vermont Foodbank is sponsoring Summer Food Service Program sites in underserved communities in Vermont. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to children up to age 18 in the towns of Canaan, Morgan, Holland, Charleston, and Brighton. The sites will also offer a variety of enrichment programing, ranging from drama and [...]
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters employees receive 52 hours of CAFE time. CAFE stands for Community Action For Employees and allows employees to volunteer during their normal work hours, getting paid their normal wages. A culture of volunteerism permeates the company and we're glad to partner with them for the BackPack Program. The featured employees in [...]
On a windy day in April, we spoke with Barb Pitfido, BackPack Site Coordinator at JFK Elementary School in Winooski, about what the BackPack Program means to kids on the weekends and vacations. We even caught the Sodexo team in action. Sodexo staff at UVM pack the Winooski school backpacks and deliver them to JFK. [...]
On Friday, we visited Barre Town Middle and Elementary School. We spoke with Carolyn Appleton and six amazing fifth graders who participate in the BackPack Program. Watch their videos to learn how BackPack benefits their school and learning environment, as well as what foods in the BackPacks are their favorite! We're also still in the [...]
Many Vermont kids rely on school breakfasts, free or reduced lunches and after-school programming for their meals during the week. On the weekends and during vacations, though, a food insecure household may have to stretch its resources even farther with kids at home all day. The Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program helps alleviate childhood hunger during [...]
With each new school year, the Vermont Foodbank wants to do everything it can to ensure that the kids in our communities don’t go hungry over the weekend. Beginning in October 2008, the Foodbank launched a weekend program for children called the BackPack Program. This nationally recognized program of Feeding America is designed to meet [...]
