Fifteen years ago, Reisa George was teaching a ceramics class at Charles W. Duval Elementary School (now called Duval Early Learning Academy) when she noticed students were returning to the breakfast ...

One Thanksgiving holiday many years ago, while working as a news reporter, I tagged along with a local charitable group delivering turkeys to needy families. After a couple of stops it became quite ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- For most students, the final school bell on Friday signals a fun weekend ahead. But for others it can signal 72 hours without reliable access to nutritious food. That's the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As the school year kicks off, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore is working to ensure children don’t go hungry when school meals aren’t available on the ...

The "Backpacks for Friday" program, which delivers nutritional meals and snacks to low-income children for the weekend, is being expanded to serve children at Blanchard Elementary School beginning ...

A donation to the Backpacks for Kids program will mean that a greater number of students in the Eel River Valley with food insecurity will not go hungry. Accepting a $5,000 donation from the Eel River ...

BRAINERD — As the new school year approaches, Second Harvest Northland recognizes the 15th anniversary of its BackPack Program. Started in 2010 by Superior National Bank as the Superior School ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FRYEBURG — “Our program’s motto is ‘No Child Should Be Hungry’ and our ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Blessings in a Backpack is revamping its program in the Wausau and D.C. Everest school districts. They have a new place online for you to sign up to help pack and to give ...

Golden Eagle Backpack Co-Director Amy Shanafelt accepts food donations from the Saint Matthew School Entrepreneurial Program members (front, from left) Jade Campbell and Ryleigh Musselman and (back, ...

The new efforts are modeled after a larger program, the Eastern Illinois Foodbank’s BackPack Program, which offers a coordinated approach to alleviating child hunger through its Healthy Futures ...

The Ticonderoga Area Backpack Program announced Friday it recently received funding of $10,000 from Cloudsplitter Foundation.