Summer 2008--Special Edition, Focus on Youth Programs Newsletter
From the Desk oF Doug O
For most kids, summer means fun -- camps and outside play, fishing, hiking, baseball and soccer, and lazy days in the sun, on the beach or at the swimming hole.
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
Many of the clients served by Vermont Foodbank network partners have children who benefit from school meal programs during the school year.
Introducing the Vermont Foodbank\'s BackPack Program
All school-aged children today have one thing in common: the ever present backpack. For most kids a backpack might contain books and other school supplies. For children participating in the BackPack™ Program, a backpack means much more – it means a weekend with a full belly.
Kids Cafe
In Savannah, GA in 1989, two young brothers were discovered late one night in the kitchen of their housing project's community center after the older brother broke into the kitchen to feed himself and his younger brother.
