The Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program helps feed about 700 students in the Coeur d'Alene School District who otherwise would go without meals when school is not in session throughout the school year.
April 5, 2026
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Press article, community give boost to program that feeds kids in need
Press article, community give boost to program that feeds kids in need
Nearly a month ago, The Press reported on the Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program's dire need for funding to continue to feed kids in need when school is out for weekends and holidays. Volunteers who run the nonprofit program feared it would end at the close of the 2025-2026 school year if they could not drum up enough support. People responded to the news with immense generosity. Within 24 hours of the March 10 article being published, program leaders reported an outpouring from a community that refuses to let kids go hungry. As of Thursday, about $55,000 of the roughly $100,000 needed to continue the program had been raised.