One out of five kids in Eastern Washington is at risk of hunger, and without food assistance from school, many of these children often face the weekend uncertain about their next meal. Through the Bite 2 Go program, the most at-risk students are given a bag of food every Friday that helps supplement their food supply over the weekend.

Over the past 7 years, our Unitarian Universalist community has supported Balboa Elementary through this program. Because of the generous support of many UUCS members, last year’s sponsors supplied 36 students throughout the year with Bite-to-Go kits at Balboa. It is critical that no student be put on a waiting list to receive these kits due to a lack of sponsors. As the 2021–2022 school year begins, please consider sponsoring a student at our designated school. Sponsoring a student is only $15 a month or $180 a year and can be done through the UUCS website. Take me to the UUCS online donation page.

Please be sure to indicate Bite-to Go for your monthly or yearly donation for the box labeled “Other.” You can also write a check to UUCS and indicate Bite-to-Go on the memo line. To donate to 2nd Harvest directly, call 509-534-6678 and indicate you want to sponsor a student at Balboa Elementary through the Bite-to-Go program.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact Pat Warpenburg at pat.warpy@hotmail.com or 509-710-5354. Thanks for helping us feed the children of our community!