PRIDE Industries employees help Placer Food Bank with Backpack Program
On Saturday, November 10th, 14 volunteers made up of PRIDE Industries employees and their families volunteered their time at United Way certified nonprofit partner Placer Food Bank. The group arrived motivated to help tackle some of the problems with hunger in Placer County.
In 2012 alone, Placer Food Bank has distributed 5.9 million
pounds of food, including the Back Pack Program, which helps meet
the needs of hungry children by providing them easy-to-prepare
food to take home on weekends and school vacations. Together, the
volunteers from PRIDE re-packaged more than 2,400 meals for
distribution at three Placer County elementary schools. The
program provides food that is child-friendly, non-perishable, and
easily consumed. Children from local elementary schools are given
a “backpack,” a gallon size bag, containing two microwaveable
meals, two juice boxes, two cereal boxes, a fruit cup, and two
shelf stable milks. The Backpack Program currently provides 615
school age children with meals each week.
Thank you to PRIDE
Industries (also a United Way certified nonprofit partner)
for stepping up and pitching in to help certified nonprofit
partner Placer Food Bank. Thank you to employees of Placer Food Bank for
being wonderful hosts for the volunteers and making it a fun day
all about making a difference and growing together as a team.
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