"No one left out": to Rocky, From Aunt Amber
Rock, when I think of you I think of the guy that isn’t afraid to include people so that they feel welcome and comfortable. I’ve seen it many times where you don’t hold back to talk to someone and think about their feelings of being included. For your service exchange we volunteered for a program called “weekend backpack program”. Eliza, porter and I one day after school went to our food bank that also run this program for kids. How it started were teachers were noticing behavior problems in certain kids and learning problems from lack of ability to focus. It got better throughout the week and with further investigation they realized most of these kids hadn’t eaten all weekend long. Their last meal was Friday at lunchtime at the school. We could not fathom this and decided to donate food and help fill 641 backpacks one Thursday afternoon to be delivered on Friday. We know that these kids are able to “fit in” better at school, be included with the other kids and feel more comfortable at school with a full tummy.
Each bag contains: 2 granola bars, 1 fruit snack, 1 chef boyardee beefaroni and 1 ravioli, easy Mac, a fruit cup or applesauce, box of cereal, instant oatmeal packet, and 2 boxes of milk.
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