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Backpack Program

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About the SGASD Backpack Program

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  • The Spring Grove Area School District’s Backpack Program is a food assistance program that provides weekend meals for students in need. The program has grown since its inception in 2015, expanding from serving twenty students in the 2015-16 school year to now supporting approximately two hundred students each week.
     
  • Spring Grove Area Middle School Counselor Teresa Weaver initiated the Backpack Program to address student hunger and support families in the district. In doing so, she’s also helping to further the District’s mission of providing a learning environment where every student can attain their full potential.
     
  • The Backpack Program is funded through grants, generous donations, a yearly golf scramble, and other various fundraising events. Knowing the Backpack Program is available, students can focus on learning instead of worrying about their next meal.
     


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How the Backpack Program Works

  • This voluntary program is for SGASD students, and there is no fee.
     
  • It begins each year in the fall and runs through the end of the school year.
     
  • Student participation is confidential and known only to school staff involved in the program's operation.
     
  • Bags contain nutritious food for your student(s) to consume on the weekends.
     
  • Food is distributed to students on Thursdays.

If you are interested in participating in this program, please complete and submit the form below.

Platinum Sponsor

Thank you, American Cone Valve for your generous donation and support of the SGASD Backpack program!

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Support the Backpack Program

If interested in making a monetary donation to support the Backpack Program, you can do so by:

  • PayPal or credit card
     
  • By check made payable to the SGASD/Backpack Program and sent to the Educational Service Center, attention Suzanne Sterner.

Educational Service Center
100 East College Avenue
Spring Grove, PA 17362

Questions

Contact Teresa Weaver
717-225-4731 ext. 6071
weavert@sgasd.org

Register Your SGASD Student for the Backpack Program

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Student Information

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Parent/Guardian Information

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Program Acknowledgments

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Additional Resource: SNAP (food stamp) Benefits

SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal nutrition program that helps low-income individuals and families stretch their food budget and buy healthy food.

SNAP benefits can be used to purchase food at grocery stores, convenience stores, and some farmers’ markets and co-op food programs. Eligible households are provided SNAP benefits each month through an ACCESS card known as an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), which works like a debit card.

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