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Rotarians packing meals for the Upshur Parish Home’s ‘Break Bag’ program embrace, from left, Kathy McMurray, Lisa Wharton, Keith Buchanan and Caroline Fulks.
BUCKHANNON — The Rotary Membership of Buckhannon Upshur assisted in packing meals for the Upshur Parish Home’s “Break Bag” program, packing 121 packages on Sept. 30.
The “Break Bag” program helps to make sure that Head Begin college students in Upshur County, who should not eligible for the County’s weekend meals program, could have meals over lengthy vacation breaks.
The Upshur Parish Home obtained a grant from the Pallottine Basis of Buckhannon, permitting them to offer month-to-month meals packages to each Head Begin pupil. Meals packages embrace: soup, canned pasta, oatmeal, cereal, granola bars, applesauce, milk, and different simple to arrange meals gadgets.
The Parish Home is getting ready to offer 750 Upshur County College students with meals packages for Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks and are accepting donations to assist this program. Meals merchandise donations embrace: soup, canned pasta, granola bars, applesauce, and individually wrapped snacks.
Financial donations could be dropped off or mailed to the Upshur Parish Home (68 Faculty Ave, Buckhannon, WV).
