SPENCER – More than 20 students at North Rowan Middle School will go home Friday with a backpack filled with everything from fruit juice pouches to ingredients to make spaghetti.
The Rowan Rotary Club has partnered with the Salvation Army of Rowan County to supply food for needy families to eat when school’s out.
“Seeing as how a lot of kids in our community need food after school and on weekends, we decided to take on this project,” Rowan Rotary president Melonie Thompson said. “But then we decided we couldn’t’ do it on our own because supplying 25 kids with food every week gets expensive.”
That’s where the Salvation Army comes in.
Lt. Chasy Morse said when she pulls the food for the backpacks from the food pantry she looks for items that kids can easily open and cook themselves like Kraft Easy Mac or Ramen noodles.
“We want it to be easy, but also filling,” she said.
The backpacks also include snack items such as granola bars, chips and Wheat Thins.
Morse said they typically include one meal that should be cooked by an adult.
“It’s not about just meeting the need of the middle school student, it’s about meeting the need of the family,” she said.
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