Blessings in a Backpack

Who Will Feed The Kids This Weekend?

Blessings in a Backpack - Rancho Cordova Will!

Research shows that healthy, well-nourished children learn better,

are more likely to attend school, and are able to take advantage of educational opportunities.

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Please join us for the 1st Service Day in Rancho Cordova, May 18, 2024, where the city has chosen BIAB as one of the lucky nonprofits to have volunteers come and help us for the morning. We plan on making it fun, and our job shouldn't take more than 2–3 hours, so come and join in all the good cheer that will be happening!

The city of Rancho Cordova has a great day planned starting at 7am and this LINK will take you directly to their website with all the info and how you can sign up.

We will be packing 500 weekend food bags starting at 8:00am at City Hall on May 18th and will be collecting food up until May 17th.

Can you please help us by donating the following items?

Breakfast bars

Single serve oatmeal

Single serve cereal

Canned corn

Canned green beans

Cans/packs of tuna

Cup of Soup

Top Ramen

Pork & Beans

Beef sticks

Mac & Cheese cups or boxes

Fruit cups

Ravioli

Spaghetti-O's

Crackers & cheese

Raisins

Fruit snacks

Juice

Cookies

Goldfish

Cheez-its

Thanks, and we hope to see you on May 18th!

The cost of EVERYTHING continues to climb, which, in turn, means our food costs continue to rise. We are providing for over 670 children now and can use your help more than ever. We understand that money is tight for EVERYONE, so maybe you can host a food drive where you work, pray or play for us. Feel free to focus on one item from our menu and host a single item drive, e.g. Mac & Cheese Drive.

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About Us

We started our program, out of our living room, in April 2014 sending weekend food home for 30 students at Cordova Villa elementary school.

Currently, we are sending food for over 670 students from 14 different schools.

Our primary focus initially was the schools in Rancho Cordova, but we have added 1 school in the SJUSD, and 1 school in the SCUSD to our 8 schools in the FCUSD.

Our goal is to continue adding schools that have students who can use our weekend food.

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Get Involved

Our program works because of your help. Without your help, we would not be able to get food into the kids hands.

Local businesses, small and large, have been very generous with their time, donations and holding food drives for us. This is a great team builder for you and your employees! Contact JD at JD@BibSac.org.

In December, we hold our Toy & Grocery Giveaway and there will be lots of opportunities to help. Check back in November/December for more info. Follow this link to our volunteer opportunities.

If you are a high school student looking to fill your requirements for community service, check out our Mission Ambassador Programs. This program is for anyone but provides high school and college students with excellent opportunities to fulfill volunteer hours and service opportunities. Our Toy & Grocery Giveaway is also a great opportunity for teens to fulfill their community service requirements in a fun environment.

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Donate

We are 100% responsible for raising the funds required to run our program. We do this via donations, grant writing, fund/food drives and our charity golf tournament. Every penny donated goes to help us send food home each Friday.

The cost to feed one child for the school year is $175 and with us sending food for 670 students, it totals to over $3,000 each weekend.

Sadly, as costs keep going up, I only see our food bill growing and growing.

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