Backpack Pals

Back Pack Pals (BPP) is a highly popular initiative in Randolph County. To address local needs, Communities in Schools of Randolph County collaborates with various local individuals, civic groups, churches, businesses, and the Randolph County United Way to supply bags of food on weekends during the school year for students and families in need. Volunteers are responsible for shopping, packing, and delivering these bags to local schools, where they are distributed to children requiring food for the weekend. Our summer BPP program is currently delivering weekend food directly to 172 students.

Last school year, we have given out over 1,9002 BPP bags.

Each bag cost $5.50 totaling $104,511 for the school year.

How you can help?

Sponsor a Child:

$5.50 will feed a child for 1 week

$22 will feed a child for 1 month

$220 will feed a child for 1 year

Hold a food drive:

Below is the list of food types and examples we put into our bags. Remember all items are individual sized.

Each bag contains 11 items:

• 2 protein items

  • (Vienna Sausage, Mac & Cheese, Chef Boyardee cups or cans, tuna pouches, Beanie Weenies)

• 2 drink pouches or boxes

• 2 breakfast items

  • (Poptarts, granola or cereal bars, single serve cereal boxes, instant oatmeal, grits)

• 1 fruit or vegetable cup

• 1 applesauce cup

• 1 Ramen noodles

• 2 snacks

  • (Lance crackers, raisins, Rice Krispie treats, pudding or Jell-O cups, single serve snack crackers or cookies)

We try to pack one sweet and one savory snack as well as 2 different protein and breakfast items. The food is packed in regular plastic grocery bags.

To get more information about how to volunteer and/or otherwise support this program, see links to our BPP brochure and give us a call!