Backpack For Hunger

Food Program

Application Form   How you can Help

Keller Elementary has launched it's new pilot program - Backpack for hunger, offering hungry students access to nutritious meals at home. This program discreetly provides Keller students with food to take home at the weekends and out of school times. Backpacks are stocked with nutritious, child-friendly, easy to prepare food and are inconspicuously distributed to students on the last day before the weekend. The food items help sustain a Keller student until he/she returns to school for a meal.

Backpack food programs has shown to increase attendance, decrease behaviour problems, improve concentration abilities of students and improve academic achievement. In short, when bellies are full minds are more receptive to learning and every Keller student benefits from a stronger learning environment.

This is an anonymous program. If you are a family that could benefit, or you would like to nominate a family who would benefit from the Backpack for Hunger Program, please contact Helen Keller Counselor, Mrs. Concha Lapuente, M.Ed by mail or by phone 425 821 7060 for an application form.

Many of us have had to adjust our lifestyles due to the economic downturn. None of us should have to go HUNGRY!

We need a contribution from everyone to make this program work.  We need people to provide food, collect and distribute food.  Please read more about how you can help.