Philanthropy

Valparaiso Community Schools Backpack Program

What it is:

• The Backpack Program collects food for over 200 students at Valparaiso Community Schools.
• There are children in our community that go hungry after they go home. School officials and volunteers pack bags with child-friendly, non perishable foods and discreetly distribute them to qualifying students each Friday as they head home from school for the weekend. Each pack includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack for each day the child is out of school.
• Backpacks are provided and packed with food for weekend meals.
• Older children (high school) are sent home with food they can prepare.

How you can help:

• You can donate food at our office or donate a monetary gift.
• Checks can be payable to Valparaiso Community Schools with “Backpack Program” in the memo section

• Canned meat (Chicken, Tuna, etc.)
• Pasta/Spaghetti Noodles
• Spaghetti Sauce (Can or Plastic)
• Alfredo Sauce
• Instant Potatoes
• Canned Chili
• Soup
• Crackers

• Breakfast Bars
• Cereal
• Oatmeal
• Peanut Butter (Plastic Jar)
• Jelly (plastic Jar)
• Mac N Cheese
• Ramen Noodles
• Cup of Soup