Back Pack Pals

Backpack Pals is a volunteer organization ready to meet the needs of children in our schools. The program is designed to provide food to identified children who have little or nothing to eat over the weekend.  Each week we provide bags with non-perishable, easy to fix food items for these children.

 

Children are identified with input from teachers, counselors and school administration as candidates for the program. Once the identification process is completed, letters go home to obtain permission from the parents/guardians for the child to participate.

 

Salem United Methodist Women support GR Whitfield in Grimesland, ECU Community School and families from the Salem Share the Bounty food pantry that are not a part of either school program.