Operation Backpack
We partner with the Wentzville School District and Operation Food Search to supply weekend meals for local school children.
Currently we support 30+ children at Peine Ridge and Journey Elementary schools and provides weekly sacks of kid-friendly, shelf-
stable food to get students through the weekend when school meals are not available.
We are passionate about helping eliminate hunger for these local kids. We want to show them that they are loved and we care.
We have partnered with Morning Star Church to pack and deliver food throughout the Wentzville School district. What this means is
we will store out food with Morning Star, as well as pack food with them every other week. This allows us to provide fresher food,
more food, and be more efficient with our process.
Currently we support 30+ children at Peine Ridge and Journey Elementary schools and provides weekly sacks of kid-friendly, shelf-
stable food to get students through the weekend when school meals are not available.
We are passionate about helping eliminate hunger for these local kids. We want to show them that they are loved and we care.
We have partnered with Morning Star Church to pack and deliver food throughout the Wentzville School district. What this means is
we will store out food with Morning Star, as well as pack food with them every other week. This allows us to provide fresher food,
more food, and be more efficient with our process.
How Do I get involved?
We welcome people of all ages to volunteer with Backpack Impact!
This a a great way to get involved in the Church!!!
We want everyone who wants to be involved to be given that opportunity. You are welcome.
Donate Food: Donations of any size are welcome! We provide food ALL school year, when school is in session. Our Goal is to
provide eligible children with 1 food bag per weekend (2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items, and 2+ snack items).
You can donate food in 2 ways:
1) You can go to our Amazon Wish List (click on the link below) and order food, and it will be sent direct to the MSC where we pack
our food. Please think about creating a subscription to send food every 4-6 weeks so we can keep the donations regular.
2) Below is the list of food items we are collecting. You are welcome to shop for them yourself and bring your donated food to
the church lobby on Sundays.
This a a great way to get involved in the Church!!!
We want everyone who wants to be involved to be given that opportunity. You are welcome.
Donate Food: Donations of any size are welcome! We provide food ALL school year, when school is in session. Our Goal is to
provide eligible children with 1 food bag per weekend (2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items, and 2+ snack items).
You can donate food in 2 ways:
1) You can go to our Amazon Wish List (click on the link below) and order food, and it will be sent direct to the MSC where we pack
our food. Please think about creating a subscription to send food every 4-6 weeks so we can keep the donations regular.
2) Below is the list of food items we are collecting. You are welcome to shop for them yourself and bring your donated food to
the church lobby on Sundays.
Breakfast
Lunch
- Pop Tarts
- Individual Sized Breakfast Cereal
- Individual Packets of Oatmeal
- Cereal/Breakfast Bars
Lunch
- Macaroni & Cheese
- Soup (kid friendly flavors and regular sized cans)
- Canned Spaghetti w/Meatballs or Spaghettio’s
- Canned Ravioli
- Beef-A-Roni/Beef Stew
- Chili
- Raman Noodles
- Peanut Butter (regular sized plastic jars please )
- Jelly ( yep, just plastic )
Snack
Notes:
- Snack Packs of Pudding
- Bags of trail mix
- Small bags of Chips/Pretzels
- Fruit Snacks
- Fruit Cups (Peaches, Oranges, Fruit Cocktail, Pears)
- Individually Packaged Snacks (Crackers, Fruit Snacks, etc)
- Granola Bars
- Juice Boxes / Capri Suns
- Hot Chocolate
Notes:
- If you are unsure of what to buy-Cans of Pasta are the #1 we need.
- In the past we collected large base/boxes of Cereal and repackaged them. We have partnered with Operation Food Search and they are not providing cereal and self stable milk for our kids. We do not need the bags of cereal. If you still want to provide cereal, please buy the individual sized boxes.
Pack Bags: We back bags of food every 2 weeks at Morning Star Church on Wednesday at 6pm. It typically will take an hour.
Dates for the 2024-25 School year:
Deliver Food: The day after we pack bags we deliver them. Every other Thursday we deliver food to Peine Ridge and Journey elementary schools. We need volunteers who are available in the morning to bring the bags of food to the school.
Treat Bags: If you or a small group of friends would like to make gift bags for the kids to be handed out for Halloween, Christmas, Easter, or the end of the year, please let us know.
Dates for the 2024-25 School year:
- August 28th
- September 11th and 25th
- October 9th and 25th
- November 6th and 20th
- December 11th
- January 8th and 22nd
- February 5th and 19th
- March 5th and 19th
- April 16th and 30th
- May 14th and 28th
Deliver Food: The day after we pack bags we deliver them. Every other Thursday we deliver food to Peine Ridge and Journey elementary schools. We need volunteers who are available in the morning to bring the bags of food to the school.
Treat Bags: If you or a small group of friends would like to make gift bags for the kids to be handed out for Halloween, Christmas, Easter, or the end of the year, please let us know.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO GETS FOOD?
The kids that we pack for are identified as food challenged by the counselors at each school. These are children who may not have enough to
eat at home on the weekends when not attending school. The counselor reaches out to the family and they can “opt in” to the Backpack
Impact Program offered.
eat at home on the weekends when not attending school. The counselor reaches out to the family and they can “opt in” to the Backpack
Impact Program offered.