Blessings in a Backpack
If you’ve been following SMART thinking! for awhile, you probably remember our story on Feeding America’s Backpack Program (click here to read that entry). Today’s story follows a similar vein with the Blessings in a Backpack story from Huffington Post Edu:
Breakfast and lunch meals at school may help needy students get access to food during the week. When the weekend comes, however, many are left to fend for themselves.
Teacher Elaine Heyler saw her students struggling at her South Florida school because of this. She told NBC Miami:
“Parents are working and they’re not at home because they need to keep two jobs, [some are] single parents. Some kids have no food.”
So she decided to act. Heyler joined the national Blessings in a Backpack program, leading student volunteers in packing backpacks full of food for needy students to take home on the weekend, reports NBC Miami. Click here for the full story…
SMART thinking! Ms. Heyler….
What do YOU think? Are you interested in incorporating this program in your school? COMMENT Here!
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