Texas community resource
BackPack Program
East Texas Food Bank
The BackPack Program provides participating children with nutritious, child-friendly food for weekends and holidays when school meal programs are unavailable.
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How to get help
School campus staff and faculty select children for participation based on assessed need; the official program page does not publish a direct household application process.
Who this service helps
Children who participate in free or reduced-price school meal programs and are selected by school staff or faculty based on an assessment of need.
Where this service is available
Service area: ETFB partner school districts in Upshur, Henderson, and Rusk counties within the assigned East Texas region.
A service area describes where help is offered or who may be served. It is not necessarily the organization’s physical location.
About this service
Participating children receive backpacks on Fridays containing items such as fruit, juice, cereal bars, and shelf-stable milk to help bridge the weekend hunger gap until school meals resume.
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