The Food for Kids BackPack Program gives eligible children a backpack filled with wholesome food to take home every Friday so they will have something good to eat on the weekend.  Research has shown that many children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals at school do not have access to enough healthy food on the weekend.  The BackPack Program was started in response to this need by Feeding America member food banks. 

Donations can be designated to support the BackPack Program.  Send a check to Mid-South Food Bank, 239 S. Dudley, Memphis, TN 38104 and indicate BackPack Program on the check.

 Click here to watch a story about the BackPack Program from WREG-TV

 Mid-South Food Bank has 14 BackPack Programs

• Girls Incorporated, Riverview Kansas Center, sponsored by Cargill
• Holy Names Catholic School, sponsored by Mid-South Food Bank donors
• Porter Boys & Girls Club, sponsored by Baptist Health Care Foundation
• Resurrection Catholic School, sponsored by AutoZone
• St. Patrick Catholic School, sponsored by the Memphis Grizzlies
• Girls Incorporated, Lucille Devore Tucker & Mertie Buckman Wing, sponsored by Mid-South Food Bank donors
• Batesville Boys & Girls Club, sponsored by Mid-South Food Bank donors
• Tunica Boys & Girls Club (3 locations), sponsored by MGM Foundation and Mid-South Food Bank donors
• Children & Family Services, Covington, Tn, sponsored by Unilever
• Monroe Country Schools, sponsored by Amory Junior Auxilary and Amory Food Pantry
• Boys & Girls Club of Jackson, TN, sponsored by Procter & Gamble
• Brewster Elementary School, sponsored by Idlewild Presbyterian Church

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