S.N.A.C.K. Program
1 in 5 students in our community
experience hunger;
HERE’S HOW WE'RE HELPING:
The hunger problem is district wide and schools need some help, so that’s where Girl Scout Troop 55128 came in - to help our local schools provide healthy snacks to students who need it. In South Washington County, there are many families who are unable to provide healthy snacks for their children during the school hours. So, we have partnered with SoWashCo CARES (Community Action Reaching Every Student) to create and run the S.N.A.C.K. program (S.N.A.C.K. stands for: Students Needing Assistance from Caring Kids and Families). Our troop started this program when the girls were in 8th grade; now, they are in in their second year of college but our program is still going strong! What started as a Girl Scout Silver Award has evolved into a district wide program to help hungry students. Our goal has been to create awareness of the need and then collect snacks throughout the school year for students in our district. We started the pilot program back in 2017-2018 in three of our elementary schools. The 2023-2024 school year now marks our seventh year of the program.
COMING SOON: We will be once again resuming collections in most schools (those who have agreed to be a collection site. We have those sites listed on our website.) If you are interested in donating, feel free to contact us at snack833@hotmail.com.
Is your child in need of snacks to help him or her concentrate during their school day? Many students have more problems concentrating without some extra supplement between breakfast and lunch, or lunch and dinner. If you cannot provide a snack for your child, please contact your school's social worker or counselor for assistance.
Thank you to OUR summer S.N.A.C.K. collections & DOnATIONS -
We had a summer S.N.A.C.K. drive with the City of Woodbury employees to help us get our 2022-2023 school year started with healthy snacks for receiving schools. We also received generous donations from the Woodbury Lions Club and the Cottage Grove Lions Club to help us get started on snacks for this school year. Thank you everyone involved!
Events/NEWS
Thank you to SoWashCo CARES, our partner in this venture, for the donation to start off our 2023-2024 school year snacks.
Special thanks to the Woodbury Lions Club and the Cottage Grove Lions Club for their generous monetary donations which has given us the funds to purchase snacks for starting out the 2022-2023 school year.
Our girls had a booth at the November 19, 2019 SoWashCo CARES/Community Education night at Oltman Middle School. We talked to community members about the S.N.A.C.K. program and how they can help (by donating snacks). This is our second year attending this event.
The Woodbury High School Musical partnered with S.N.A.C.K. and SoWashCo CARES to support our program. Those attending the musical "The Addams Family" were able to donate individual snacks or make a cash donation. THANK YOU to the WHS Musical and all the families who donated. We collected 2 Cub totes of snacks and received a check for donations. All donations will be used to purchase healthy snacks for students in our school district. Thanks again!
Special thanks to Marathon Petroleum - St. Paul Park Refinery for the generous December donation of over 800 individual snack items for our S.N.A.C.K. program. It was great meeting Amy Fischer from Marathon at the November 2019 Winter Pack Event/Volunteer Informational Night. Thanks, Marathon, for stepping up and helping the students in our district with snacks! They appreciate it (as do we)!