Every Thursday the sixth graders and myself conduct community service for the assistance of Highlander community and families. Our community service comes in the form of providing food, the program is called blessing in a Backpack. What is blessing in a back pack you ask? Blessing in a backpack is a program designed to feed underprivileged children, aiding in the battle against hunger to help feed the future of America. This program serves and supports 62,000 students in 437 schools nationally and international.
During the month of January, WPRI Channel 12 news came to Highlander Charter School to work with the sixth graders in producing a fundraiser video to further promote Blessings in a Backpack. All the students were excited about the opportunity not only to give back to their community but to be meet the people from WPRI. The students asked numerous of questions about the camera equipment and why the video was being made.
They led the representatives from WPRI in the process of packing a backpack. They first made sure that they had all the assigned bins with students backpacks from each classroom. After that they laid out all the food items ranging from apple sauce, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, cereal bars, fruit snacks, juice and more. Then the food is sorted and divided into each backpack. The backpacks are then placed into its respective bins and delivered back to each classroom.
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