Ruth Powers, Co-Executive Director of Backpack Blessings, spoke at our meeting on October 26. This charitable organization serves eastern North Carolina by feeding children who suffer from food insecurity in their homes.
Formed in 2012, Backpack Blessing partners with area churches and businesses to provide supplemental food for students in Craven, Jones, and Pamlico Counties. They operate from Garber UMC as well as other locations. The organization provides weekend “snack bags” with kid-friendly foods for at-risk kids to take home with them on the weekends as well as a take-home Thanksgiving meal. If you would like to volunteer, check their Facebook page for announcements for our next packing opportunity.
Our Club is proud this charity is our current Quarterly Charity Focus for donations.
Pictured: New Bern Civitan Club President Dennis Pymm and Ruth Powers.