Backpack Program Quietly Serves Families

  • The back of this SUV is piled with sacks of food to be delivered to schools for the backpack program. Photo provided.
    The back of this SUV is piled with sacks of food to be delivered to schools for the backpack program. Photo provided.
There are 86 local kids not going hungry this holiday season thanks to the Backpack Program. The Backpack Program, originating in Lincoln, is locally sponsored by A Place At the Table Inc., a Columbus faith-based non-profit dedicated to providing meals for school-aged kids to get them through the weekend. This program provides weekend meals throughout the school year for students that are in…

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