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Panther Pack Club
is a collaborative effort
between Lenoir City Schools and the Good Samaritan Center.
The program is designed to provide healthy, easily-prepared
food to some of the most vulnerable children in our
community, children who may be missing meals on a regular
basis. The Family Resource Center staff and community
volunteers serve as the driving force behind this program.
Volunteers record the number of items removed from the food
inventory on a weekly basis so that school system staff may
reorder in a timely manner.
The
strategy is simple. The principal and guidance department
ask teachers to compile a list of students in their
classroom whom they feel are at risk of hunger. These
children are discreetly given a backpack full of food
for themselves (and any siblings they may have at
home) every Friday throughout the school year.
Students return the backpacks the following week to be
refilled. Parental permission will be obtained prior to
student participation.
Reports of improved self-esteem, behavior, and concentration
among other schools where similar programs have been
implemented are common.
The HOW TO
DONATE to PPC would be to send your tax deductible
donations to
The Good
Samaritan Center
119 "A" Street
Lenoir City, Tennessee 37771
Attn: Mike Lynch/GSC Accountant
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