Fall Backpack Campaign 2019

Bright futures begin when students enter through these doors.

Our next generation of doctors, engineers, and business leaders can only reach their potential when they are well-fed and ready to learn. For children living in a food insecure household, they are in danger of being left behind and falling short of their dreams solely because they are hungry.

A recent survey conducted in 2019 found that 1 in 10 middle and high school students in Arlington self-reported that they did not have enough food to eat at home*. On weekends and long breaks when school meals are unavailable, food insecure children are left not knowing how many meals they will eat before the school doors reopen on Monday.

AFAC’s Backpack Buddies program fills the gap. Each week, dedicated volunteers deliver weekend meal kits to school social workers so they can discreetly distribute this food to students most in need. Reducing stigma and increasing accessibility to this nutritious food helps put their focus on school and being the best students they can be.

Please support our Backpack Buddies program so we can continue to help vulnerable schoolchildren in our community. Your donation is critical in making sure children have food over the weekend so they can walk through these school doors on Monday without grumbling stomachs.

In 2018-2019, AFAC was able to reach students at 22 Arlington Public Schools through this program. Your contribution will help us continue to meet this demand and prepare to serve additional students in need. Please consider making a donation today.

*2019 Community Report by the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families, page 17

Recent Supporters

Pope Brock
$622
Archibald Family
$104
Wendy Lawson
$250
Lyda Mitchell
$259
Anonymous
$156
The Eaton Family
$100
Sarah Allen
$259
Anonymous
Anonymous
Tracey O’Flaherty
Anonymous
James H. Joy
Kay
$26
Bronwen Berliner
Jennie Morris
$114
Patricia Dubin
Ken & Kathy Sondag
LAUREN A HANNON
Susan Freund
Brenda Winter
Bridget Collins
Karen H.
$52
Gary Gray
$104
saloumeh jazayeri
$26
Kevin B
$52
Barb N
anonymous
$26
Anonymous
$104
Barbara Spangler
Anne Cummings
Karen Landini
Parker & Meredith Ramsdell
Anonymous
$518
Anonymous
$100
helen tiene
Anonymous
$104
Anonymous
$52
Wohlford Family
Lindsey Mervis
$26
Adrie Custer
M Benson
$25
Kathy and Max Scruggs
Polly Nayak
Bettie Ricc
$259
David
$104
Diane Kelly
$26
Courtney, Brian, & Ethan Tanenbaum
$1,244
Nell Bailey
$52
James Reeves
$52
Marybeth Majka
Judy Cusick
Eric & Dianne Carroll
$104
Miller family
Audrey and Greg Morris
$208
Sana Alloo
Ellie Johnsen
Jennifer Brandel
Susan and Kurt Stout
Karin Price
Jill Nusbaum
$100
Bruce Radebaugh
$104
The Grady Family
Anonymous
Tahu family
$78
Jason Steinbaum
$52
Susan Allen
$100
Michele Rigopoulos
$104
Albert Missirlian
David Buckley
$259
Joedy Cambridge
$100
Landon Sorensen
$259
Stephanie A Steigman
$52
Carol Jones
$16
Anonymous
$208
Elizabeth McHugh
Anonymous
$208
Kathryn Forbes
Michael Menn, Bella Menn
Luke and Caroline Whittington
$104
Anonymous
Bobby Calise
$52
Deborah Kay Hinz
$104
Denise Vogt
Christine Vinh
Sarah Keller
$259
Daphne Papamichael & Tim Nichols
$259
Mamie Papamichael
$259
Michael Loatman
$35

Our Goal:
$25,000

Raised:
$16,022

Campaign Ended:

12/31/2019

Campaign Organizer:

afaccommunications
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