Employees from the Reno Office of R & R Partners made the drive out to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada today to help out and learn a little bit more about the organization. They were impressed at the size of the facilility and all of the programs that are run out of the Food Bank. They stayed after their tour to help with assembling some backpack bags for the Back-Pack Kids program. This program provides weekend food to children who are very reliant on school meals to meet their nutrition needs. The needs of this program has grown vastly over the last couple of years. At the beginning of the school year, the Food Bank was distributing about 400 bags of food weekly and now in the spring, the number has grown to 700 per week. This program is soley for children that are homeless or identified as chronically hungry so these numbers are even more astounding. The Back-Pack Kids program is also one that is done without any state or federal funding so the generosity of the donors and volunteers like R & R Partners are vital.
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