MDI Backpack Program

11/14/2025

For every Hannaford Helps bag sold this month the MDI Backpack Program receives $1. Isn’t it time for a new bag?

10/30/2025

We are so grateful for the contributions we have received this week.

I want you to know who our organization serves. We deliver weekly food to students at CES, MDES, MDIHS, Trenton and the Cranberry islands. We include snack boxes to CES, MDES, Trenton and Hancock Grammar School. As of yesterday the program in SW has picked up the responsibility of delivering snack boxes to Tremont. Thank you. They serve Pemetic and Tremont with weekly food for the children who need help in those schools.
We do all that we can to fight food insecurity for our area children. We couldnt do it without you.

Thank You!

10/26/2025

10/26/2025

As we pass though our tenth year of addressing food insecurity for our area children I am asking your support.
We currently serve about 40 children and contribute snack boxes to five schools. The bags we send home every Friday cost $25 to $30 each. Holiday weeks they are more. The snack boxes, which help prevent our teachers, counselors and nurses from buying snacks for the children, cost about the same weekly.
With benefits disappearing this week we anticipate our numbers climbing. During Covid the numbers went from about 40 to some weeks 150.
If you can help please go to our website
Mdibackpackprogram.org and donate You can send a check if you prefer to me Vicky Smith, POBox 123 Hulls Cove, Me 04644. Made out to MDI Backpack Program.
If a child you know in our area needs some help with food insecurity please reach out to the school councelor, nurse or teacher who will contact us and we will make sure they get food every Friday

We run solely on donations and with volunteers. Thank you.

10/24/2025

We got caught short today. Anyone have time to run a box over to Tremont School this morning?