Students Fill Backpacks To Feed Homeless Children

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Nearly four dozen children are rolling up their sleeves in Baltimore to feed students living in poverty, many without a home.

Amy Yensi reports, you're never too young to give back.

An assembly line of Krieger Schechter Day School students stuff backpacks with canned goods. The backpacks are heading to four Baltimore City schools to help children, many of which are homeless.

"In Judaism there's a ritual called Tikkun Olam-- we're fixing the world, and I'm a really big believer in that," said student Sam Rubin.

Sande Nagle runs the Miriam Lodge Project. She got the idea for weekend backpacks for homeless kids, after learning that for many city children, school meals are their only meals.

"These kids when they leave on Friday, they have no food until Monday morning," said Nagle.

Each backpack is filled with $10 worth of food, but can feed up to four people an entire weekend.

"I feel really good about myself for helping package this food and giving it to other people who really need it," said student Julia Leventer.

Organizers hope the volunteers learn through serving others.

"The backpack project ties beautifully into the idea that we are all responsible for each other," said Josh Bender, head of Lower School, at Krieger Schechter Day School.

The backpacks are delivered every Friday to three schools in East Baltimore and one in Park Heights.

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