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Volunteers describe decade of weekend food packs, urge expansion to middle and high schools
Summary
Commenters in the meeting transcript described more than 10 years of local volunteer work with Blessings in a Backpack to provide weekend meals to students and said they hope to expand the program into middle and high schools within the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools district; no formal board action was recorded in the transcript.
An unnamed volunteer who said she has worked with Blessings in a Backpack for “probably 10 plus years” described packing weekend food bags and serving children in the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools district, and other commenters urged expansion of the program into middle and high schools.
The remarks, recorded in the meeting transcript, centered on volunteers’ experience running the program, the need for weekend food for students, and organizers’ hopes to extend coverage beyond elementary grades. “I got started with Blessings in a Backpack probably 10 plus years ago,” one commenter said. “Coming here and packing the bags and…
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