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How Sponsorships Work?
Role Of REACH313
We support the successful partnerships between sponsoring community organizations and schools in need. We provide the logistical and operational arm of the program – we source, pack, manage inventory, store, and deliver the food to your partner school. We will work with you along the way, advising where you need us, to make it easier for your organization to feed kids in the community.
Role Of Community
If your organization chooses to partner with a school, you can expect to:
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Own the relationship with the school
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Donate towards the cost of the program
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Provide volunteers to distribute meal bags to the children at school on Fridays
OUR INITIATIVES
WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM
Make a Difference in the Community
ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY
Helping Those in Need
SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM
Change Starts Here
Weekend Backpack Program
Our Weekend Food Program is the core of our organization. It is our response to a need we have been made aware of as our founder is an educator in the public-school system.
CHILD HUNGER IN MICHIGAN
1 in 7 children in Michigan face hunger and don’t always have access to the nutrition they need to learn and grow. This is a paralyzing reality for so many kids in our community. REACH313 focuses on the weekend food gap when children aren’t able to participate in the meal program at school.
MORE THAN A BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM
Not a typical “backpack program”, but a full-service non-profit organization specializing in equipping the community to implement weekend food programs in their local school. REACH313 provides the tools and expertise needed in order to make a significant impact on the fight against child hunger.
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We are a mobile delivery solution, providing food to children right where they are – at school. At the end of each school week, we put the food into their backpack for them to take home.
THE COMMUNITY’S ROLE
REACH313 facilitates a partnership between community organizations (i.e. churches, businesses, other faith communities) and schools. These sponsors partner directly with a specific school and donate towards the cost of the program. They also typically volunteer in the school each week to distribute the food to the kids. The food is distributed discreetly, typically into the kids’ backpacks while they aren’t in the halls.
REACH313’s ROLE
Our main role is to manage the operations and logistics of the weekend food program to ensure it runs smoothly and is well supported.
REACH313 provides the food and runs the inventory management. We also store and deliver the packed food to the schools. Our hands-on guidance is an internal part of our programming.
Summer Lunch Program
REACH313 will continue to partner with schools during the summer months to assist families facing food insecurity.