Backpack Program

Learning begins when hunger ends. One in four children in Oklahoma lives with food insecurity. Through the Backpack Program elementary school children receive a sack full of kid-friendly, non-perishable and nutritious food on Fridays to sustain them over weekends and school holidays.

The Regional Food Bank delivers pre-assembled food sacks to participating schools at no cost to the school or the child. The food bags contain approximately 10 different purchased foods designed to provide nutrition and calories for chronically hungry children over the weekend.

All elementary schools in the Regional Food Bank’s 53-county service area are eligible to participate in the program.