I-35 Middle School Students Fill Backpacks with Food for Community Members in Need
May 20,2015
The Interstate 35 middle school student council recently created a local affiliate of the Feeding America
Backpacks for Hunger campaign to reduce the impacts of hunger on students and families in their rural school
district. In its first 12 weeks, the program served 1,217 meals to 311 people. The full story is available online on
page 14 of the March 2015 Roadrunner Report.
For more information about the Interstate 35 program, please contact Ms. Sue Meggers at smeggers@i-
35.k12.ia.us. For more information about backpack programs in Iowa, please contact Mr. Cory Berkenes,
Director of the Iowa Food Bank Association, at [email protected] or 515-288-3234.
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