The Food 4 Thought Backpack program ensures that no child goes hungry in Harrisonville.  Each Friday, qualifying students will go home with a backpack of food for the weekend. 

A free, nutritional program

Serves selected children ages preschool through 12th grade

Promotes healthy eating habits

Teaches selection of different types of healthy food

Includes 2 days of healthy, child-friendly food in a backpack to take home

Food is donated by individual community members and local businesses

Goal of "No child goes hungry in Harrisonville"

Begins September 2009

Backpacks will be filled with listed foods on Wednesday at the Administrative Offices 

Filled backpacks will be delivered to your child's school Friday by the school social worker

Filled backpacks will be disbursed by the student's school nurse at the end of the day on Friday with child-friendly, healthy food for 2 days for the child

Parents and child will clean the backpack before returning it

Clean, empty backpacks will be returned by the child to their school nurse first thing Monday morning

School social worker will pick up backpacks Monday morning from each school to return to Administration for the next distribution

A hygiene kit will be included with the first distribution

Each backpack will contain enough food for 2 days (breakfast, lunch, & dinner)

·   $4.17 will feed 1 child for 1 weekend

·   $8.34 will feed 1 child for 2 weekends

·   $12.51 will feed 1 child for 3 weekends

·   $16.68 will feed 1 child for 4 weekends

·   $37.50 will feed 1 child on the weekends for 1 school quarter (9 weeks)

·   $75.00 will feed 1 child on the weekends for 1/2  a school year

·   $150.00 will feed 1 child on the weekends for an entire school year

All donations to the program are tax deductible.  If you would like to donate funds to this program, drop off donations at:

Harrisonville Public School Foundation
503 S. Lexington
Harrisonville, MO 64701

Or mail to:

Harrisonville Public School Foundation
PO Box 1000
Harrisonville, MO 64701

If you would like to donate items to this program you can drop them off at:

Harrisonville Schools Administrative Offices
Attn: Jennifer Beavers
503 S. Lexington
Harrisonville, MO 64701
(816) 380-4421, ext. 2822

Chef Boy Ardee- microwave selections

Dente Moore- microwave selections

Campbell's microwave soup- or generic

Mac & Cheese cups or bowls- microwave

Tuna (in pouch)

Applesauce cups

Raisins-individual boxes

Crasins- individual boxes

Juice boxes (100 % juice)

Cereal boxes (individual servings)

Cereal Bars

Trail Mix

Peanut Butter or Cheese Crackers- individual servings

Peanut butter bowls

Vegetables cups (individual cups of corn, green beans, carrots, or peas)

Fruit cups (in light syrup or in own juice)

Pudding cups (non-refrigerated, sugar free preferred)

BRING TO Harrisonville Schools Administrative Offices, 503 S. Lexington

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Deodorant

Bar soap

Liquid soap dispenser

Shampoo

Conditioner

Combs/brushes

BRING TO Harrisonville Schools Administrative Offices, 503 S. Lexington

Gail Hendrix, District Nurse
(816) 380-2727, ext. 2230
gail.hendrix@harrisonvilleschools.org 

Jennifer Beavers, Social Worker
(816) 380-4421, ext. 2822
jennifer.beavers@harrisonvilleschools.org

To volunteer to help with backpack preparation, contact:
Jill Filer, Director of Community Relations
(816) 380-2727, ext. 1224
jill.filer@harrisonvilleschools.org