Between 800 to 1,000 students in Gaston County Schools will go home this weekend to a household with very little food to eat or no food at all. The BackPack Weekend Food Program, Inc. (BWFP) is dedicated to providing healthy, non-perishable meals to students to take home on the weekend during the school year so they can come to school the following week better nourished and ready to learn.
Donate NowThe BWFP is recognizing 10 years of feeding students in need with weekend food so they can come to school ready to learn. We are recognizing the individuals who have helped make this program possible for more than a decade. Thank you to our volunteers and entire community! Here’s to 10 years of changing lives!
During the 2021-22 school year: