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Tuesday morning, Grain Valley Fair volunteer Justin Tyson dropped off a load of donations from the August First Fridays event downtown, where attendees were asked to drop off donations for the BackSnack program. Denna Coulson, a volunteer with the BackSnack program, said the donations go a long way toward getting them prepared to begin packaging snacks when the program kicks off again in early September. With more than 230 BackSnack packages to be packed weekly by volunteers, it takes a pantry full of snacks each week to get it done. "It takes a lot. The more donations we can get, the better," Coulson said. Volunteers from the Grain Valley High School Life Skills class come to the church each week to package the BackSnacks, and then deliver them to counselors at each school. Students enrolled in the program receive a selection of snacks to take home with them over the weekend. All snacks are kid-friendly and able to be easily accessed and prepared. Cans must be pop-top, and meals must be easily prepared in the microwave with limited ingredients. "We try to make it kid-friendly because we serve students from preschool to high school, and we don't know how much help they are getting from mom and dad at home or if they are just doing this on their own," Coulson said. Coulson said donations are always welcome. Donations of snacks can be delivered to Faith United Methodist Church, 1950 SW Eagles Parkway, and online donations can be made easily at www.valleyfaith.church, selecting the BackSnack program on the online donation form.   The pantry at Faith United Methodist Church where snacks are stored for the BackSnack program is ready for the first week of distribution in September thanks to donations from local efforts, including the August First Fridays event. Photo credit: Valley News staff  Comments are closed.
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