130+ students need help right now and that number is growing alongside record inflation and surging grocery costs.
WINNSBORO, Texas — School lunches come in handy for a lot of low income students in East Texas schools, but what happens when these kids head home for the weekend?
Winnsboro Backpack Ministry has evolved over the past 15 years.Rather than school supplies, these packs carry life essentials: meals.
Items from the pantry will be paired with frozen entrees from school.
“The local backpack ministry feeds all of our children that are most in need within our school district,” manager Heather Lopez said. “Every week, we send home food items to get them through the weekend.”
Lopez runs the program with her husband. The mom of five also works at a shipping company full time.
Lopez manages the backpack ministry in the little spare time she has because she knows how much …