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WHAT IS "BACKPACKS FOR KIDS"?
Many children rely on school cafeterias for their most nutritious meal of the day. In some cases, this may be the only meal a child receives. Each Friday afternoon during the school year, kids are discreetly and confidentially provided a food filled backpack to ensure they have something to eat during the weekend.
Backpack food programs have been shown to increase attendance, decrease behavior problems, improve concentration abilities of students and improve student academic achievement.
Currently, this program is operating in North Lincoln County, Oregon. The program started at the elementary school level, but now extends to the high school level.
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FOOD ITEMS WISH LIST
The foods must be kid-friendly, shelf stable, easy-to-prepare, and nutritionally sound, so it is important for us to choose the foods wisely that will make up the backpacks each week.
- Bread
- Packs of Pudding Cups
- Peanut Butter
- Chicken Noodle soup
- Jelly
- Cup of Noodles
- Macaroni & Cheese
- Snack size Fruit cups
- Spaghettios
- Fruit Snacks
- Small boxes of Real fruit Juice
- Apples, oranges
- Protein Bars
- Crackers
- Cereal (sugar-free)
- Powder Milk
- Complete pancake mix (just add water)
- Rice or Soy Milk
- Tuna fish
- Box of Pop Tarts
- Tuna helper
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HOW TO HELP
There are many ways that the you can help us:
- Volunteer to donate food items
- Donate money to purchase food items
- Volunteer to shop for food items
- Volunteer to fill backpacks
- Maintain monthly records of food distributed
- Volunteer to collect food items at various dropoff points in the county
- Volunteer to help organize our pantry shelf
Please join us in our effort to feed hungry kids!
MAKE A DONATION
Currently, the Backpacks For Kids program is being coordinated by Oceanlake Elementary School in Lincoln City. If you wish to donate money to purchase food items for our hungry kids, please make your check out to "Oceanlake Elementary School" and write "Backpacks For Kids" in the notation area on your check. Please mail your check to:
Backpacks For Kids
c/o Oceanlake Elementary School
2420 NE 22nd St.
Lincoln City, OR 97367
Thank you so much for your donation!
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FOOD DROP OFF LOCATIONS
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Phone |
Name |
Address |
Contact Person |
1 |
994-7175 |
Dorchester House |
2701 NW Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Peggy |
2 |
996-5815 |
Chinook Winds (Employee entrance) |
1777 NW 44th, Lincoln City |
Teresa Simmons |
3 |
994-2378 |
Congregational Church |
1750 NW 25th Street, Lincoln City |
Julie or Wayne |
4 |
994-2449 |
7th Day Adventist |
2335 NE 22nd St, Lincoln City |
Chuck Wilkinson |
5 |
557-6208 |
Samaritan NL Hospital (S Entrance) |
3043 NE 28th, Lincoln City |
Connie Isaac |
6 |
996-5550 |
Imprints |
1520 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Ann Elsasser |
7 |
994-8928 |
Western Title |
3469 NW Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Beth Garstka |
8 |
996-2040 |
The Evangelical Church |
4406 SE Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Ron Watson |
9 |
996-4247 |
Jillian's Hair Design Group |
1315 SW Hwy 101 |
Jill Morris |
10 |
994-6828 |
Grocery Outlet |
4157 N Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Bill Browning |
11 |
994-4354 |
Price N Pride Food Center |
801 SW Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Mike Barnes |
12 |
996-2301 |
Kenny's IGA South |
4845 SW Hwy 101, Lincoln City |
Andy Morgan |
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HOW TO CONTACT US
Please contact Pat Robertson or Karen Dummer at
541-994-5296 or
541-994 2396
Or, you can email us at:
info@BackpacksForKids.org
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