About Us
The Backpack Program is a national initiative of Feeding America, the Nation’s Food Bank Network. It is a partnership between the Georgetown Ministerial Alliance and community volunteers to provide a bag of food for the school to send home with children who appear to be at risk of going hungry over a weekend or school holiday. There are children in Georgetown that rely on resources, such as free or reduced-priced school lunch during the school week.
Our Georgetown Backpack Buddy Program is designed to meet the needs of hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as weekends and school vacations. At the start of the 2017 school year we are sending home a bag of food to almost 900 students and about 2500 pounds of food a week. We offer our program to all elementary and middle schools in Georgetown. On a weekly basis we have over 100 volunteers from Georgetown churches working in various aspects of our program. With donated funds, we purchase food from the Capitol Area Food Back, HEB, Sam’s and Costco and store this in the Backpack Buddy storeroom. On Wednesdays, volunteers pick up food and take it to their respective schools for kitting. On Thursdays, the kitting operation is dividing up the food and putting it into individual bags for the school to distribute to the participating students on Fridays. We have a great volunteer coordinator, Alissa Valenzuela, who keeps everyone informed and on schedule. 
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