Assistance League of the Eastside Donates Food-Filled Backpacks to Students in Need

Assistance League of the Eastside recently donated 60 backpacks of food for the Pantry Packs program to help feed students in need at a Redmond junior high school.

The Pantry Packs program was started by Shauna Yusko after school staff and counselors learned that students were coming to school hungry on Monday mornings, stating they did not have enough food at home.

Every Thursday, volunteers fill rolling backpacks (Pantry Packs) with kid-friendly, healthy food for the weekend (taking into account that there might not be items like milk or bread in the house). Students, selected by school counselors, take the packs home at the end of the week, and return them Monday to be re-filled again the following week. 

Assistance League provided the Pantry Pack support through its outreach program, which collaborates with other organizations and groups to help people in need on the Eastside.

Assistance League of the Eastside, one of over 126 chapters of the National Assistance League, is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that impacts the lives of Eastside families and individuals in need through community-based philanthropic programs including Operation School Bell, Assault Survivor Kits, Starting Over Support and Outreach.

For additional information about Assistance League of the Eastside, please visit www.eastside.assistanceleague.org, email eastsideinfo@asssistanceleague.org or call 425-556-5106.

— Information submitted by Assistance League of the Eastside