Snack in a Backpack serves 9 schools, 3 crisis centers, as well as homeschool students in need, totaling 500 children each week during the school year.
Snack in a Backpack serves:
- Blue Ridge Elementary
- West Fannin Elementary
- East Fannin Elementary
- Fannin County Middle School
- Fannin County High School
- Milestones Preschool
- Head Start Pre-K
- Learning Tree Academy
- Mountain Area Christian Academy (MACA)
- Homeschool families
- Open Arms
- North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network
- Copper Basin Crisis Center
Over 102,900 meals were delivered in 2022-2023.
5,150 volunteer hours for packing and distribution were committed to fighting hunger in Fannin County during the 2022-2023 school year.
Snack in a Backpack and our Summer Meals Program Partners served a total of 47,500 meals to children during June and July of 2023 for the Fannin County Summer Meal Program with the support of more than 100 volunteers.
Mercier Orchards provides over 1,000 fresh apples each week at no charge.
Cost of Meals for 2023-2024
Each weekend meal bag currently costs anywhere between $5.75 and $6.59 (6 meals). Most of our food is purchased through our partner, Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
What Goes In the Snack Bag?
Each week, students receive:
- 3 breakfast items (cereal, oatmeal packets)
- 3 protein entrees (chicken & rice, rice & beans, beef stew, chili, and/or mac & cheese, etc.)
- 2 milk boxes
- 2 apples from Mercier Orchards
- 2-4 granola, nut and/or grain bars
- Additional snacks, such as apple sauce, juice boxes, peanut butter packages, peanut butter or cheese crackers, Mott's gummies, and others, as they are available through the Food Bank
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“Thank you so much for the efforts put into this program! It helps relieve a heavy burden from the teachers because we know our students have food for the weekends. It helps me sleep a little easier knowing that my kids are going to bed with a full tummy. I thank you for that! Also, thank you for making the kids smile!”
Blue Ridge Elementary Teacher
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"Our family is so appreciative of Snack in a Backpack. This food is an absolute supplement for our kids as they grow older. We look forward to these bags and love the apples." Ellie
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“I have had parents thank us for your snack bags when they come in for conferences." Blue Ridge Kindergarten Teacher