Services From The Heart Backpack Buddies Program
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Our Mission
To address and reduce the impact of poverty on communities
by providing weekly backpacks of food to children in need and creating volunteer opportunities within the community.
We provide healthy meals and snacks to children over weekends, holidays and school breaks.
Outcome Measures & Outputs
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Satisfaction Survey (Backpack Buddies Participants & Program Coordinators)
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Pre & Post Six Item Food Security Survey (measures high, low and very low food security)
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Volunteer Survey (Survey Monkey)
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Provide nutritious, consistent weekly food backpacks to identified children
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Create volunteer opportunities in the community
Title I Schools Served in
Anne Arundel County
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Hilltop Elementary School (Glen Burnie)
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Eastport Elementary School (Annapolis)
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Belle Grove Elementary School (Brooklyn Park)
Volunteer sign up
re-opening September 2020!
Our Sponsors Our Partners
Recent Grants, Donations and Fundraisers
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Anne Arundel Women Giving Together - $10,000
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Friends & Family Holiday Giving Campaign 2019 - $4,595
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Whole Foods Market (Annapolis) Nickels for Nonprofits $4353.60
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Oak Hill Elementary School - $3,947 (Candy Gram Event)
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Benz Technology Inc. - $3,500 (2019-2020 Business Partner)
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Clarity Business Solutions - $3,500 (2019-2020 Business Partner
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Folger McKinsey Elementary School PTO - $1540
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Giant Foods Severna Park Food Donation - $2098
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Collins Aerospace Charitable Grant Award - $1,000
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African American Professionals Forum-Collins Aerospace -$835
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API 8U & 10U Baseball Holiday Food Bags - $800
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Hope Springs Community Church Holiday Food Bags - $600
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Caldwell Banker CB Cares Foundation - $500
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Spare Change Drive: Benfield Elementary & Froyo House $464.76
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Food Donation - $410
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Asbury United Methodist Church - $368
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Jack & Jill of America, Inc. - Food Drive 2019
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Kwon's Taekwondo Severna Park - $300
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Congregation Kol Shalom - $300
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Benfield Elementary School
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Anne Arundel County Food Bank
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Giant Foods Severna Park
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Bello Machre Meaningfull Day Program
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Civic Groups - Girls Scouts/Boy Scouts
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The Providence Center
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Amazon Smile Foundation
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Froyo House
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The UPS Store
Photographs by Anna Delobe
