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Volunteer?
Over 150 volunteers come together one evening a month to pack Snack Paks at the SP4KSA warehouse.
Lack of nutrition creates anxiety,
with associated behavior and learning
difficulties. SP4KSA currently
feeds more than 2,000 chronically
hungry kids in 24 schools in San
Antonio by providing Snack Paks of
name-brand, brand new food every
Friday to children identified by
teachers as those who lack nutritional
resources on the weekend, Kingman
said. Snack Paks include 100 percent
juice, cereal, peanuts, crackers, a beef
stick, milk –all things that can be
opened and administered by a child
as young as four. SP4KSA has been
able to negotiate a very favorable
contract with Labatt Food Service to
keep contents and pricing consistent.
While most of the food is
purchased, SP4KSA does accept
“ This is a great volunteer
opportunity for a church
because it opens the door to
create a positive relationship
with a school using an
existing model with structure
and organization”
community donations of new 16-18
ounce jars of creamy peanut butter.
Snack Paks are supplemented each
month with a jar of peanut butter to
provide additional protein, which is
not a budgeted item. Peanut butter
arrives at SP4KSA’s warehouse in a
variety of ways – sometimes a
pre-school, neighborhood or community
group will sponsor a drive; others
donate individually. A surprisingly
popular method – Amazon Prime
delivery. Kingman is always delighted
when the Amazon truck arrives at
their warehouse on 3559 Belgium
Lane (78219.) Another success story,
for the past several years Brandeis
and Johnson High Schools have
dubbed their first game of the football
season as the “Peanut Butter Bowl”
and donate thousands of jars from
their contest.
Volunteers work together to include 13 name brand, brand new items in each bag, providing weekend nutritional
resources.
Children as young as 4 are welcome at the warehouse,
as long as they are accompanied by an adult to
supervise them.
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