About Us

M icah’s Backpack addresses children’s hunger issues by partnering with local schools to provide direct assistance to students and families who qualify for the free lunch program. Each week during the school year, the identified students receive a backpack filled with enough food for the weekend. The backpacks include two dinners, two lunches and two breakfasts. Weekly, nearly 70 volunteers from various academic, civic, and religious groups work together building community while packing the backpacks and the partner schools distribute the backpacks to the students. Sharing the Story outlines the ministry Micah’s Backpack has accomplished since the 2008 School Year.

How Micah’s Backpack Works

Each Friday, approximately 300 students at 10 Blacksburg schools each receive 6 meals of healthy foods, to include milk, juice boxes and snacks.Micah’s Backpack invites the members of our community to join us in the fight against food insecurity in our schools. NO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY