SnackPacks

Volunteers stacking donated food during the
Ameris Bank Snackpacks Food Drive in Irmo, SC

October is coming and with it comes a great opportunity to help feed hungry schoolchildren in the Irmo-St. Andrews communities of central South Carolina.

What are Snack Packs?

Snack Packs is a program that is helping to feed students in need in our local community. Most school kids look forward to weekend breaks. But for students who rely on free/reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches for their meals, weekends often just mean two days of empty stomachs.

Who are We?

A coalition of churches and service organizations, led by a partnership between McGregor Presbyterian Church and the Optimist Club of St. Andrews-Irmo, SC, is working to combat that problem by delivering more than 600 Snack Packs each week to schools in Lexington/Richland 5 and Richland 1 school districts.
A Snack Pack contains 16-18 easy-to-eat food items that keep children from going hungry over the weekend, so they can return to school on Monday mornings, healthy and ready to learn. Each week, volunteers pack and deliver Snack Packs to schools in Lexington and Richland Counties, Each Friday, school social workers hand out these Snack Packs to students in need.

Ways you may Help

Ameris Bank in Irmo generously supports Snack Packs each year by matching the value of food and monetary donations received between October 1 and 31. This helps fund the program throughout the school year.

Volunteer at a SnackPacks Food Drive 
October Food Drives

1. Wal-Mart Harbison, October 03-04, 2014
2. Wal-Mart Ballentine, October 10-11, 2014
3. Wal-Mart Harbison, October 17-18, 2014
4. Wal-Mart Ballentine, October 24-25, 2014
5. Wal-Mart Harbison, October 31-November 01, 2014

Each drive on Friday and Saturday is from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Volunteers will work in 3 hour shifts and pass out shopping lists. Each customer is asked to help by buying anything on the list and dropping it off with us on the way out.

These drives benefit all District 5 Schools.

Donate items needed to fill a SnackPack.

Click here for a downloadable list. Be sure to check blog posts for grocery store "Deals to Donate" items marked with a blue arrow ("➧") which designates items good for the Snack Pack program.

Organize your own Food Drive

We welcome volunteers to help with a food drive at their church, school or place of business.

For more information or to volunteer please contact:

Stuart Stout (803) 781-7330, cell (803) 447-3066 or email stwartstout@att.net