The Southeast Missouri Food Bank will pack food for its BackPacks for Friday program this Friday at the Osage Centre.
BackPacks for Fridays provides 450 at-risk students in 20 Southeast Missouri schools with a backpack to take home every week filled with about 10 pounds of nonperishable food items.
Volunteers are needed and can work in one of three shifts between 4 and 8 p.m. Preregistration is available online at www.semofoodbank.org/partyforthegoodreg/html.
Pertinent address:
3920 Nash Road, Cape Girardeau, MO
1625 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, MO
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