Please join me in an effort to award the local BackPack Buddies program $50,000 through the efforts of Junior League of Raleigh and The Pepsi Refresh Project (information pulled from Junior League Pepsi Refresh Project submission):
- Provide nutritional meals weekly for 126 children for school year
- Educate at-risk children about the importance of healthy eating
- Reduce hunger for children attending Wake County schools
- Partner with Interfaith Food Shuttle and Wake County Schools
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Overview
Over 98,000 children in Wake County, NC do not have access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. We want to change this circumstance. Help us raise $350 per child to provide backpacks filled with 6 nutritious meals and 2 snacks to take home on the weekends. $50,000 will feed 126 kids and their families via the BackPack Buddies program over the next school year. The Junior League of Raleigh has 1,900 volunteers that will support packing and distributing the backpacks weekly to the children identified in the greatest need by their school guidance counselor. Partnering with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) our program will access healthy, nutritious foods through local grocery stores, restaurants, and farmer’s markets at reduced rates. Studies have shown that children need a nutritious diet to help them:
*Have energy to learn
*Grow Healthy
*Stay Focused
*Be Positive
*Strengthen self confidence
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Thank you so much for your support!
Beth Green
