Hungerthon 2023

Hungerthon 2023

Hungerthon is an annual fundraiser for the Weekend Backpack Program at Ozark Food Harvest.Full Bio

 

About the Weekend Backpack Program

Ozarks Food Harvest’s Weekend Backpack Program provides food insecure children with a bag of nutritious weekend meals to take home every Friday of the school year. Each bag contains six healthy kid-friendly meals, beverages and snacks. For one in five children in southwest Missouri the struggle with food insecurity is a daily reality. Weekends can be especially hard when school breakfasts and lunches are not available. Thankfully Ozarks Food Harvest’s Weekend Backpack Program provides meals -and hope - for families.

  • Weekend Backpack Program: nearly 1,600 backpacks are distributed each Friday of the school year in 62 schools (nearly 58,000 bags are distributed annually)
  • Program starts this fall 
  • Average free and reduced lunch rate among schools served: 71% (serving the schools with the highest needs)
  • You can sponsor a child for a full school year of weekend meals! $360 or $30 a month will ensure a child doesn’t have to go without.
  • During an uncertain time, the Weekend Backpack remains a constant for an at-risk child.

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