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Backpacks 4 Kids

  • Did you know that the Franklin Pierce School District has the highest rate of free and reduced lunch in Pierce County? For many children in our immediate area, school lunches are the only nutritious meals they get, and they are hungry over the weekend.

  • Backpacks 4 Kids (B4K) is a weekend food program that reaches these hungry kids. Food is packed each week into individual bags by volunteers and sent home with students on Fridays. B4K also supports eight community pantries stocking food and hygiene items. Pantries are located at the Family Resource Center, Brookdale Elementary, the Summit Library, and at each of the secondary schools in the district. Together, these pantries and food bags serve over 475 kids in Franklin Pierce each week.

  • B4K is only sustainable with your help!
  • B4K is fully dependent upon volunteers, gifts, and donations. New members are always welcome to the B4K team. Helping out is easy, and it makes a world of difference to developing children.
  • Keep reading to see how you can help!
2024 Update
Our Savior Lutheran Church is thankful for financial support from the following:
  • Franklin Pierce Education Association
  • Franz Bakery
  • Klein Family
  • MultiCare
  • United Way Power Packs
  • Starbucks
  • Thrivent Financial
  • Umpqua Bank
Here are some ways you can help
Volunteer
​Wednesday night packing in the B4K program is a BLAST, but it takes a village. It takes 15-20 volunteers each week to pack food bags. Packing is very popular with community groups, so sign ups for all packing shifts are online. We also offer individual shifts during the daytime. Contact Kristin for the link to view the online sign ups.
Contact Kristin
Give Cash for Food Purchases
  • Participate in the "Power of 9."
  • $9 = Feed a child for one week
  • $36 = Feed a child for one month
  • $324 = Feed a child for one school year
  • Other = Choose your own "Power of 9!"
  • Go to Online Giving and enter your donation for B4K
Donate Food Items
  • Donate food items that are child friendly, easy to use and open, with no preparation.

  • Wish List: (**items of greatest need)
  • Hearty, Chunky-type soups with pull top lids
  • **Individual mac & cheese (microwaveable)
  • **Oatmeal envelopes
  • Small, 100% juice boxes
  • Canned pasta meals with pull top lids (ravioli, spaghetti, etc.)
  • **Canned chili
  • Fruit cups
  • Slim-Jims (individually wrapped)
  • Peanut butter or cheese filled crackers
  • Granola bars
  • Fruit snacks
  • Single serving, shelf stable milk
  • Peanut Butter—16oz jars
Host a Food Drive
Host a food drive with your team, club, workplace or neighborhood(contact Kristin for more information)
All volunteer leaders are required to submit a Volunteer Application and be appropriately screened and trained before serving in any volunteer capacity at OSLC.
The Participation Form is our main source of information, medical release, photo release and authorizations for children, youth, and adults to participate in activities or events with OSLC.

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