YMCA to Offer Weekend Backpack Feeding Program

The Bradford County Branch YMCA is committed to keeping our kids healthy by expanding their summer feeding program. Currently, the YMCA offers free lunches to any child Monday-Friday at the J Andrew Morrow Primary School located at 101 N. 4th Street, Towanda. Beginning July 1, the Bradford County Branch YMCA will now be offering a weekend BackPack Food Program. The BackPack Program is being sponsored by both the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the United Way of Bradford County. It is designed to meet the hunger needs of children at times when school resources are not available. Through this program, any child with parent/guardian consent can receive a grocery bag of nonperishable and vitamin fortified foods to take home on the weekends. Distribution of the food bags will be held every Friday throughout this summer from 6:30am-1:30pm at the J Andrew Morrow Primary School cafeteria entrance. “The YMCA is committed to keeping kids strong and healthy. We recognize that it’s difficult to promote healthy eating without straining the household budget,” says Charity Field, Bradford County Branch Executive Director. For more information on the BackPack Program or any YMCA programs, please call the YMCA at 570-268-9622.