Isthmus Canada
…Because Hunger Doesn’t Take Weekends Off.
Isthmus Moncton (formerly Blessings in a Backpack) is a unique school-based feeding program. We provide food on the weekends for hungry elementary school children in the greater Moncton area (Moncton, Dieppe, Riverview, Shediac, Salisbury, Petitcodiac, Memramcook, and Hillsborough). We are currently in 30 schools in both the English and French school districts and we are feeding 670 children each week.
Our mission is to fill in this “hunger gap” by providing bags of food for these children to take home with them on Friday for the weekend. Our goal is to not only fill their stomachs but also improve their ability to succeed at school the following week.
Our program is very simple. Elementary school children who are food insecure are identified by school administrators and educators. A team of volunteers purchase food, packs the food into bags and then delivers then bags to the schools by Friday at noon for the children to take home.
Isthmus Moncton is entirely volunteer-driven. We rely on grants, individual and corporate sponsorship and our annual Golf Tournament. It costs $120 to feed a child for one school year. All donations go directly towards purchasing food for these children. Learn more at https://www.isthmus.ca/