• The "Weekend Survival Kit" food

UPDATE: OKEMOS - Study shows well-fed children are better in school, happier, and healthier overall which initiated the "Weekend Survival Kit" program. The program originally started 3 years ago by Mid-Michigan Food Bank when they saw the need of local elementary school students to have food on weekends.

The program sends a backpack full of food home with local elementary school students two Fridays a month. It targets students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch at school so that they are getting enough nutrition during non-school hours.

The "Weekend Survival Kit" program is assembled, transported, stored, delivered, and funded all by volunteers.

The kits generally contain two breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners, and two snacks.


ORIGINAL STORY: OKEMOS - Study shows well-fed children are better in school, happier, and healthier overall.