Food Backpack for Kids

(serving rural Coastal Lane County)

Together, No Child Will Go Hungry

A family shops in a grocery store foreground, while an illustration in the background shows a child receiving food in a backpack. Text promotes supporting a food backpack program for kids.

Food for Strength

A person in jeans and boots is leaning headfirst into a dumpster, with only their legs and lower torso visible outside the bin.

Hope for Kids

Food for Thought

Reach Out

Make a difference

Feed a child

One of our very own

Let's disappear hunger…

together

In 2012, a young student was seen climbing into a trash dumpster for food. The plight of many students in Florence and Mapleton was uncovered.

Concerned members of these communities banded together to volunteer time and energy to alleviate the problem. Food Backpack for Kids was born. It has grown ever since in both effectiveness & scope.

​As of 2024, we are distributing weekend food supplies during the school year to over 131 at-risk, food insecure students...quietly, effectively.

Pre Covid Video

Post Covid Video