January 5, 2023 at 12:06 p.m.
Hope in a Backpack program receives first FORK Endowment Fund gift of 2023
Hope in a Backpack program receives first FORK Endowment Fund gift of 2023
"We are excited to be working with FORK to help feed elementary school-aged children across the Lakeland area," offered Hope in a Backpack Director Jane Lipp. "We appreciate this gift of 1,000 Hormel Completes meals to Lakeland area children and look forward to working with Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) in the future."
The Hope in a Backpack program was started in 2016 and currently serves approximately 120 children a week during the school year, according to the release.
"The mission of Ascension and Calvary Lutheran Churches' Hope in a Backpack program is to address the issue of hunger among the children in our community," Lipp explained. "We accomplish this by providing school-aged children backpacks filled with food items for breakfast, lunch, and snacks for weekends during the school year."
The mission of FORK is to provide nutritional support to children from food insecure homes across Vilas and Oneida counties.
"One of the ways we look to accomplish our mission is through a FORK Endowment Fund gift of financial or food support," explained FORK Endowment Fund Committee Chairperson Nic Weight. "We provide these gifts to organizations whose purpose, like FORK, is to provide food to children."
In addition to the FORK Endowment Fund, FORK also manages five of its own nutritional support programs directly serving children within the Northland Pines, Three Lakes, and Phelps school districts. They also support and manage FORK's Family Food Helpline, 888-479-FORK (3676), in partnership with Oneida and Vilas County Social Services.
"Our support of the Hope in a Backpack program within the Lakeland area is important to so many children and their families," said Weight. "With that thought in mind, we urge individuals who currently are financially supporting the Hope in a Backpack program to continue to do so, as so many local children depend on their program! However, if you find yourself with additional funds or a personal passion for helping feed the children across Vilas and Oneida counties, please consider donating to FORK or the FORK Endowment Fund online at FeedOurRuralKids.org."
Individuals can donate to "Hope in a Backpack" by sending a check to Ascension Lutheran Church 7937 U.S. Hwy 51, Minocqua, WI 54548. Make the check out to Ascension Lutheran Church and write "Hope in a Backpack" on the memo line.
Donations to Hope in a Backpack and FORK are tax deductible under Wisconsin and U.S. tax law.
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