Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program needs help to keep feeding kids
Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program volunteers Elise Smith, right, and Kait McKay load up wagons with boxes of food items March 3 in the nonprofit's Coeur d'Alene warehouse. For the first time since its inception in 2010, the solely community donation-supported program that feeds kids in need on weekends and school breaks is facing a financial crisis as funding is running out.
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Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program volunteer and kindergarten mom Kait McKay on March 3 grabs a box of food items to be delivered to local schools where students facing food insecurity will be given weekend food kits.
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Pasta cups, crackers, cereal and other shelf-stable items are among the foods included in Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program food kits to stave off hunger for schoolkids in need during weekends and holiday breaks. The program, which depends on community funding, is running out of money and may not continue past this school year without help.
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COEUR d'ALENE — A program that keeps kids fed when they're out of school for weekends and holiday breaks is facing financially lean days.
"We are out of money and our program will not last past this school year," Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program Vice President Jennifer Branstetter told The Press in a recent email.
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