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0:02It's back to school time. Schools have
0:04started back up and we're now in full
0:07swing. All the schools are open. All the
0:10clubs are open. We have uh the backpack
0:12program that's vitally important on the
0:14weekends. Help the kids. And then the
0:17afterchool feeding program, the uh power
0:20pack for kid backpack program. It's a
0:22program that helps kids over the weekend
0:25with food items that they may not have
0:27at home. So what we provide is bags of
0:30single serve items for kids on Fridays
0:34or the end of the week so that they can
0:36supplement what they may not have at
0:38home. So when they come back to school
0:39on Monday, if they don't have
0:41supplements to help what they don't have
0:44at home, then they're going to be
0:46already hungry when they get there and
0:47they they can't concentrate. They can't
0:50stay focused. They're they're thinking
0:51about, you know, their tummyy's telling
0:52them it's when's it going to be time to
0:54eat? And so then they start asking when
0:56is it going to be time to eat? stuff
0:58like that. So, it it it impacts the kids
1:02and then we'll serve about 50 for the
1:05school year about 57,000 bags for the
1:09kids each weekend. They'll get those
1:11each week. It'll be about 1,800 kids
1:14will get a bag each week. Kids Cafe
1:16program is an afterchool feeding program
1:18Monday through Fridays and we're in
1:21eight sites like Boys and Girls Club,
1:23Southside Youth Center, Campfire and and
1:26what they do is they pick up kids from
1:28the schools and then they have programs
1:31where they have enrichment programs for
1:33the kids. What we do is we provide a
1:35meal for those kids and it could be
1:37anywhere from uh in those eight sides
1:40300 plus meals a day that we're
1:42providing. There are hot meals. When you
1:44look at the school year from August to
1:46May, we'll do a little over 50,000 hot
1:49meals uh in these clubs after school and
1:54sometimes this may be their supper. They
1:57may not have food when they get home
1:58that night. So, it's it's important that
2:01these kids have an opportunity to get a
2:03meal. Thank you so much for helping with
2:05the Powerp pack for kids backpack
2:07program and our kids cafe after school
2:09feeding program. We could not do any of
2:11our programs without volunteer help,
2:13either financially or with volunteer
2:16work in helping distribute or pack or or
2:20clean or or things like that. So, thank
2:22you so much. We, like I say, we couldn't
2:24do it without you.