Pictured, from left, are Steve Yager with The Food Bank, Millicent Dawdy, Lee Ann Sydenstricker, Nicole Fleak and Kim Sydenstricker, all with the company, and Susan Dublin with The Food Bank.
Sydenstricker Headquarters has donated $5,000 to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri to support the Buddy Pack program in several area counties.
The donation will fund nearly 28 Buddy Packs every week for an entire school year.
Buddy Packs are bags of kid-friendly nutritious food distributed on Fridays to children who receive free or reduced-price lunches at school. In The Food Bank’s 32-county service area, more than half of children qualify for subsidized school meals.
“Unfortunately for many of the children in our communities, Buddy Pack food represents the only nutrition children receive on weekends,” said Susan Dublin, a regional coordinator for The Food Bank. “We are so appreciative of Sydenstricker’s support of this critical program aimed to alleviate childhood hunger.”
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri provides approximately 7,500 Buddy Packs every week to children at 152 schools across central and northeast Missouri.