Backpack Brigade

Seattle, Washington, 98112 United States

Mission Statement

Backpack Brigade partners with local communities to provide weekend hunger bags to school kids in need. We ensure every child is fed all weekend long.

About This Cause

Washington State is made up of 327 school districts with an enrollment of 1.25 million students. Of those 41% qualify for free and reduced lunch and 42,000 of those are identified as homeless by the McKinney Vento Act. This means, they are living on the street, hotel, shelter or doubled up with family or friends. Some of these children eat only at school and often have little or no access to cooking facilities and food over the weekend. Their last secure meal is Friday lunch and the stretch to Monday breakfast at school is a very long time, especially for a little belly with a big growl! The mission of Backpack Brigade is to erase weekend hunger for homeless and hungry school children in Washington We aim to provide nutritious meals and snacks to every homeless student in the districts we serve. We serve school-aged children who are homeless. These include children in families who are temporarily housed or living in shelters, tent-cities or cars. Backpack Brigade purchases, packages and delivers food that helps sustain a homeless student through the weekend. We are currently serving 3500 students in 86 schools in 4 school districts. We hope to grow even more so that no MKV student goes unserved.

Backpack Brigade
4111 E Madison St, Suite 21
Seattle, Washington 98112
United States
Phone 206-495-8983
Unique Identifier 474086877