HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER | Giving Guide 2014
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The North Texas Food Bank's Food 4 Kids program provides chronically hungry children with a weekend backpack filled with food each Friday during the school year. These backpacks supply more than 60% of a child's nutritional needs over the weekend.
Many of the children enrolled in this program have experienced chronic, gnawing hunger. We see their plight through stories from their teachers who share their support of the program with us:
"This program is important to my students because the children are surprised, and say, 'thank you. I am so hungry.' They want to eat it at the moment I give it to them. I had one little girl who started tearing up because she couldn't believe the backpack of food was for her."
-- Teacher of a Food 4 Kids student.
Sponsor a Food 4 Kids student
for the school year - $200