Backpack Buddies

 

 

John W. Tolbert proudly joins Loudoun County in the Backpack Buddies Program

 

Did you know that in Loudoun County alone, there are approximately 11,330 children that are food insecure?  Food insecure is "the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food."  Last school year, 1 in 6 Loudoun County school children qualified for free or reduced-price school lunches.  What happens to these children when they go home for the weekend?

 

Backpack Buddies (BPB) is a program model created by Feeding America to provide food for the weekend to elementary school children who are in need.  Tolbert is currently providing food to 30 students at our school.  Each week we provide a bag filled with 6 meals and 2 snacks plus juice and shelf milk for the child to take home for the weekend. 

 HELP FILL A BACKPACK!!

 

Here are some ways you can help support this program:

• By making a food contribution  (drop-off box located in the lobby at school)
• By donating a grocery store gift card
• By making a financial contribution (checks made payable to Tolbert Elementary with “Backpack Buddies” in the memo)

Backpack Buddies Preferred Items

Cups of ravioli, beefaroni or spaghetti

Canned tuna or chicken

Canned soup

Canned vegetables

Cheese/peanut butter crackers

Easy macaroni and cheese

Cereal (individual sized boxes)

Instant oatmeal

Granola or cereal bars

Raisins, nuts, trail mix

Fruit cups, pudding, applesauce

Shelf milk (white or chocolate)

100% Juice boxes