Project Backpack huge success at Clearwater Boys and Girls Club
A new initiative that started for the first time this year at the Clearwater Boys and Girls Club has impacted many families in Rocky Mountain House and the surrounding area.
Project Backpack is a weekly program for families in the community who are in need of food. They can sign up online or through Facebook anonymously to be provided a backpack full of food that goes out every Friday to help with food security over the weekend.
“This gives families an opportunity to get healthy snacks, lunch foods, a meal for the weekend that the kids can easily take home and provide for their family for the weekend,” said Clearwater Boys and Girls Club Program Manager Robin Begin.
So far they have helped out 17 separate families, but since the program only runs during school time, Program Coordinator Shannon Mah says they want to try and help out 10 families who may be in need of a backpack for the holiday season.