Check presentation held at Foodbank
Davenport, IA– On August 15th, the Kiwanis Club of Davenport presented River Bend Foodbank with a check for $4,000. This money will sponsor the children on the Backpack Program at Madison Elementary School in Davenport for the 2014-2015 school year.
Caren Laughlin, River Bend Foodbank Marketing Director and Backpack Program Coordinator, said, "This is an incredible donation and insures that these children at Madison Elementary School will not go hungry on the weekends throughout the school year."
The Backpack Program provides children at risk of hunger with nourishing food to take home on Fridays to get them through the weekend when programs like school breakfasts and lunches are not available. The Backpack Program targets pre-school, elementary and middle school children who are at risk of chronic hunger. These children are identified by name by their school staff. Each child receives a weekly food pack on Fridays to put in their Backpacks and take home for the weekend. The food is child friendly, easily consumed and vitamin fortified. The bags contain about eight items and include two "entrees" like stew or soup, two servings of fruit, cereal, milk, and juice. We partner with the schools to select the children and distribute the food. Currently we are serving 43 schools and 1,700 of the neediest children in the Quad Cities.
Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
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