On Tuesday, April 28th Sleepy Eye FFA is teaming up with Schutz Foods, SE Public Schools, and Mrs. Judy Surprenant to provide a fresh Taco Tuesday Bag to the 30 families signed up for the Weekend Backpack Food Program.
Through National FFA, the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter applied for and received a Yearlong Living to Serve Grant. With school going to distance learning in March, the chapter didn’t spend the entire grant for the Elementary and Middle School snacks and pantry. Mrs. Hoffmann asked Mrs. Surprenant for ideas and she along with many others felt a fresh food bag would be a great idea.
Schutz Foods was contacted to help put together the fresh items for the Taco Tuesday Bag that will be delivered via the school busses with the lunches for the day to the 30 families on the Backpack Food Program list. We are so appreciative of all involved to provide this opportunity to get fresh food to the families!
More about the Backpack Food Program- The Backpack Program is a collaboration between Sleepy Eye Elementary, Trinity Lutheran Church and others in the Sleepy Eye community supplying students with nutritional support by providing weekend meals each Friday. Each backpack provides the equivalent of two weekend meals and snack.
The FFA feels so fortunate to have helped with this program the last two years as well as being able to add to the program with the Birthday Boxes and snacks provided as well as providing fruit for the Backpack meals.
The Taco Tuesday fresh bag is the final part of this Living to Serve grant. The FFA is working on more grants for the future to continue to helping our community members with their hunger needs and more!
CAPTION: Adam Johnson (left) and Mason Sellner (right), Sleepy Eye FFA Members and Schutz Family Foods Employees, are displaying the Taco Tuesday Bags that will go to the families in the Sleepy Eye Public Backpack Food Program. The items were purchased from Schutz Foods with funds from the Sleepy Eye FFA Living to Serve Grant.