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WE ARE ALL CONNECTED

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

  • Satisfaction Survey (Backpack Buddies Participants & Program Coordinators)

  • Pre & Post Six Item Food Security Survey (measures high, low and very low food security)

  • Volunteer Survey (Survey Monkey)

  • Provide nutritious, consistent weekly food backpacks to identified children

  • Create volunteer opportunities in the community

 

Title I Schools Served in

Anne Arundel County

  • Hilltop Elementary School (Glen Burnie)

  • Eastport Elementary School (Annapolis)

  • Belle Grove Elementary School (Brooklyn Park)

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Click on the image above to volunteer for the 2022-2023 SY
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THANK YOU
We would like to thank our volunteers, sponsors and
community partners for a great school year.  We are on break
6-13-23 through 8-28-23.
See you in the 2023-2024 SY!

 

                               Our Sponsors                              Our Partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Grants, Donations and Fundraisers

Friends & Family Holiday Giving Campaign 2022 - $8,211

Oak Hill Elementary School Candy Gram 2022 - $3,602

Maryann & Barry Gosnell Fund - $3,000

Rotary Club of Parole (Annapolis) - $3,000

Benz Technology & Employees Holiday Donation - $2,750

Giant Foods (Severna Park) In-Kind Food Donation - $2,600

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Cluster 1 - $2,481

Chartwell Foundation - $2,000

Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation - $1,500

Christ Child Society of Annapolis - $1,500

Cafe Mezzanotte CPN - $1,000

ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA OMEGA - $954

Benfield Elementary School (Spare Change Drive) - $563

Severna Park High School Key Club - $550

Federal Interiors Group, LLC - $500

Next Tier Concepts, Inc. - $350

Kwon's Taekwondo Severna Park - $300

Goska's Inc. - $253.75

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  • Anne Arundel County Food Bank

  • Anne Arundel County Public Schools

  • Benfield Elementary School

  • Giant Foods Severna Park

  • Bello Machre Meaningfull Day Program

  • Civic Groups - Girls Scouts/Boy Scouts

  • The Providence Center

  • Froyo House

  • The UPS Store

Photographs by Anna Delobe

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