Blessings

If you need any help with weekend food for your student(s) or wish to receive Blessings in a Backpack bags, please contact your school counselor. The first pack will be delivered to students on Friday, October 8th. If you would like to help pack the food into bags, or would like more information on packing, please click on the button below. Because... hunger doesn't stop on the weekend....... Did you know that there are currently around 1,500 school-age children in the Lake Orion community on the free / reduced lunch program and therefore at risk of weekend food insecurity? But we, the Lake Orion community, are doing something about this! Blessings in a Backpack-Lake Orion is a committee of parents, local business owners, community members and educators operating in partnership with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, and Meijer to provide at risk students with a backpack containing six nutritious meals to feed them over the weekend. $100 will provide a backpack and food to one child each weekend for an entire school year! We reach out to all members of the Orion Community - parents, local businesses, community members. You can help in so many ways - volunteering your time (a lot of food needs to be packed!), fundraising, donating resources, helping with transportation, monetary donations to name but a few. If a student is on the Free and Reduced lunch program, they qualify to receive weekend food through the Blessings in a Backpack program. For more information contact the elementary/middle school office where the student attends school. The school offices also have the form which needs to be completed and returned to the school.Read More