One initiative that we hope to start in both Austintown and Boardman is a project that provides kid-friendly, non-perishable, easily consumed and vitamin fortified food to children who may need this type of food over the weekend. 

The kind of food items  would be kid friendly, non-perishable, easily-consumed and vitamin-fortified.  Examples might be: single serving cereal boxes/bowls, applesauce, raisins crackers; shelf stable milk; 100% juice boxes; Pop-top cans of beans & franks, chicken noodles; macaroni & cheese; fruit and/or pudding cups; granola bars; fruit snacks; animal crackers; etc.

We would deliver the food to the school and then the school would see that it would be delivered to the appropriate backpacks.  Expected cost will be about $25 per child per month sponsored by the churches, businesses, and people of the respective community.