Volunteers Create Backpack Meals Program to Reach Students at Risk of Weekend Hunger
ORCID
Buys: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8547-056X
MSU Affiliation
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Department of Food Science, Nutritrion and Health Promotion
Creation Date
2026-01-29
Abstract
Children from low-resource families are often food insecure and experience hunger, which increases their risk for developmental delays, health complications, and poor academic performance. The Backpack Meals Program, administered through a local church in collaboration with community partners, is a unique approach to serving students from families with limited access to food and at risk for hunger during the weekend. This program has promise for replication in communities with children of low-resource families who are food insecure.
Publication Date
1-2-2018
Publication Title
Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
First Page
55
Last Page
57
Recommended Citation
Buys, D. R., Gamble, A., & Tomlinson, S. (2018). Volunteers create backpack meals program to reach students at risk of weekend hunger*. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 13(1), 55–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2017.1364195
