Midwest Food Bank Backpack Program assists kids from low-income families

Posted on December 28, 2014

The Midwest Food Bank Backpack Program delivers backpacks filled with food to kids in low-income families. (WJBC file photo)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – Low-income families are receiving help from the Midwest Food Bank Backpack Program.

Mike Hoffman, Midwest Food Bank Director of Operations, said the food bank puts a variety of different foods inside backpacks for kids who may have trouble finding food outside of school. The program typically helps students who are on free-or-assisted-lunch programs.

"Some of these kids just don't have anything, and a lot of people will say its the parent's fault, but sometimes, parents are working two-or-three jobs and can hardly make it, so they need some help," Hoffman told WJBC's Dan Swaney.

Information about how to donate to the Midwest Food Bank can be found at http://www.midwestfoodbank.org.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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