2024 Grantee Backpack Buddies

In 2024, St. Anne's awarded a grant to Backpack Buddies. This school year (2024-2025), Backpack Buddies is serving 46 children in 30 families. Participating children are identified by the school principal and guidance counselor and include many of the same children that St. Anne’s serves through the Clay Street Ministries and Stanton Center Homework Club. Every Friday, students receive backpacks with six kid-friendly meals and healthy snacks packed by volunteers. During the prior school year, (2023-24), 10 of the 33 families Backpack Buddies served experienced homelessness and had to be relocated to stay in hotels or with other family members. The food provided through Backpack Buddies provided much needed support to these families. For more information on Backpack Buddies, contact Townsend McNitt at townsendmcnitt@me.com.

The Grants Committee will host 2024 grant recipients Naomi's Village and St. Anne’s Partners in Mission Guatemala at an Adult Forum on Sunday, February 9, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. at the Parish House. All are welcome to attend.