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United Way coordinator tells board the backpack program serves more than 600 Austin students weekly
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United Way program coordinator Valerie Halber told the board the weekend backpack program serves 608 Austin Public Schools students (pre-K through 8) and expects to distribute roughly 26,000 bags by May; she also described the Success Closet that provides winter wear and personal-care items.
Valerie Halber, program coordinator with United Way, presented the district's weekend backpack program and the United Way Success Closet. She said the backpack program enrolls students online and currently serves 608 Austin students (pre-K through eighth grade); based on that rate, the program expects to distribute about 26,000 food bags by the end of the school year. Halber emphasized partnerships with schools, volunteers and local businesses that support packing and distribution.
Halber also described the Success Closet, which supplies clothing and personal-care items to students in need and coordinates closely with the Packard Pantry; last year the Success Closet provided over 400 items in APS, including about 280 coats and roughly 1,000 winter-wear items. "No child should go hungry," Halber said, summarizing the program's mission and the volunteer effort that sustains it.
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