October 1st, 2020
During October, while the kids are still doing virtual learning, the Blessings in a Backpack Lake Orion team will be at both Waldon Middle School and Blanche Sims Elementary handing out bags of food on the following Wednesdays - Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28. We will be there from 11am - 1pm (at the same time as Food Service is handing out breakfasts and lunches). On these three dates, anyone who needs weekend food for kids may take Blessings bags. (The food is not in physical backpacks but in plastic grocery bags.)
Once the kids are back in school or continuing with virtual learning we will be delivering food via the schools and getting food to those on the Blessings program, including families who may be doing virtual learning.
Blessings in a Backpack is offered to all those on free and reduced lunches. If you would like your student to be on the Blessings program and receive food, please contact the school office where your child attends school.
During October, while the kids are still doing virtual learning, the Blessings in a Backpack Lake Orion team will be at both Waldon Middle School and Blanche Sims Elementary handing out bags of food on the following Wednesdays - Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28. We will be there from 11am - 1pm (at the same time as Food Service is handing out breakfasts and lunches). On these three dates, anyone who needs weekend food for kids may take Blessings bags. (The food is not in physical backpacks but in plastic grocery bags.)
Once the kids are back in school or continuing with virtual learning we will be delivering food via the schools and getting food to those on the Blessings program, including families who may be doing virtual learning.
Blessings in a Backpack is offered to all those on free and reduced lunches. If you would like your student to be on the Blessings program and receive food, please contact the school office where your child attends school.
Because hunger doesn't stop on the weekend.......
Did you know that there are currently around 1,500 school-age children in the Lake Orion community on the free / reduced lunch program and therefore at risk of weekend food insecurity?
But we, the Lake Orion community, are doing something about this!
Blessings in a Backpack is a national organization that is currently in 42 states including Michigan.
Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion is a committee of parents, local business owners, community members and educators operating in partnership with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, and Meijer to provide at risk students with a backpack containing six nutritious meals to feed them over the weekend.
But we, the Lake Orion community, are doing something about this!
Blessings in a Backpack is a national organization that is currently in 42 states including Michigan.
Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion is a committee of parents, local business owners, community members and educators operating in partnership with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, and Meijer to provide at risk students with a backpack containing six nutritious meals to feed them over the weekend.
$100 will provide a backpack and food to one child each weekend for an entire school year!
We reach out to all members of the Orion Community - parents, local businesses, community members. You can help in so many ways - volunteering your time (a lot of food needs to be packed!), fundraising, donating resources, helping with transportation, monetary donations to name but a few.
If a student is on the Free and Reduced lunch program, they qualify to receive weekend food through the Blessings in a Backpack program. For more information contact the elementary/middle school office where the student attends school. The school offices also have the form which needs to be completed and returned to the school.
