Pawtucket Backpakers

The Pawtucket Backpackers is a 501(c)3 established in 2012 to provide supplemental food to Pawtucket students facing food insecurity on weekends and during school vacations. We are a 100% volunteer run organization, with no paid staff. We prepare enough bags to serve approximately 500 students in 15 Pawtucket Schools each week.

On Wednesday mornings, volunteers meet in the cafeteria at Blackstone Academy Charter School to unload food deliveries and set up the space for packing. Together, we assemble about 500 student bags filled with nutritious food and load them into drivers’ cars. Volunteers then deliver the bags to schools, while others return extra stock to storage, take inventory, and reset the room.

We keep track of volunteers per week by using SignUp Genius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EACA629A2F5C52-57750618-pawtucket?fbclid=IwY2xjawMq4EhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtbXFIQVV2dm9LOEo4ZERlAR5GC5mOGowfsKH5J4MROUSaOHTUuLdLhTI2Cy2M9OQIPRYM42u99VgdbQ0XWw_aem_Iv2HO1b4iQX3L_VdFtHVTA#/