PROGRAMS

BACKPACK PROGRAM

WIN OPERATES A BACKPACK PROGRAM during the school year for any family that signs up to receive lunches on the weekends. Each family can sign up as many children as they have in the home. Lunches are prepared each Thursday for the kids to take home on the bus after school.

The lunches are extra large and include:

• 2 sandwiches
• 2 pieces of fresh fruit
• 2 bags of fresh veggies (may include cherry tomatoes, carrot and celery sticks, snap peas, broccoli)
• 2 servings of string cheese
• trail mix and
• a home baked muffin or bar
  

We provide these lunches so the kids will have nutritious food for lunch and snacks on the weekends when school is not in session. Families can choose to continue getting these lunches in the summer and pick them up at the Bayview Good Cheer Food Bank. We also have bagged lunches at the Food Bank for kids even if the families don’t sign up for a weekly delivery.

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"My daughter signed up for WIN lunches for the first time this year, and we were given a sample lunch when she picked up her Back to School supplies. I want to say a huge THANK YOU! now that I know first hand what goes into those lunches. They provide enough healthy food for almost an entire day (my daughter is 9 and not a huge eater), which will help me stretch our dollars through the month. Thank you again for positively impacting lives."    
~ E.W.

"I wanted to tell you how much the lunches left in the refrigerator at the Food Bank were appreciated . . . (they are) a much needed addition to the Food Bank offerings!"       ~ Louise Prewitt

SELF-SERVE PROGRAM

1. We have an extensive SELF-SERVE operation with prepared lunches available upon request at the Good Cheer Food Bank at Bayview

2. We have two free self-service VENDING MACHINES:

• Behind the Clinton Community Hall up the hill from the ferry terminal and

• Inside the Good Cheer Thrift Store in Langley on Anthes Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets
  

3. We also provide SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD to students enrolled at:

• South Whidbey Children's Center in Langley

• South Whidbey Academy which has a refrigerator stocked so teens can take food home after school for an evening meal

4. WIN SACK LUNCHES are available at the Family Resource Center upon request during the school year.

QUESTIONS? Email or call (360) 221-7787