OUR PROGRAMS

WHAT WE DO

Our BackPack Buddies program has a multi-pronged approach in an attempt to meet the nutritional needs for as many chronically hungry children as possible. Our current programs are Weekly Bags of Food, Monthly Boxes of Food, Supplemental Distribution of Produce, and the Summer Program at the Bluffton Farmer's Market. We continue to grow our program offerings.

From the time that Bluffton BackPack Buddies began, the program has grown exponentially to include all the schools from Pre-K to High School in Bluffton - a total of 6 elementary schools, 3 middle schools and 2 high schools. Additionally, the Program has expanded into Hardeeville (Jasper County) serving both the elementary school and the junior and senior high school. In 2023 our name was officially changed to BackPack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville. 

Currently, we serve approximately 1200 area children with additional children being added into the program regularly. Every child in the BackPack Buddies programs is identified and vetted by school personnel as being at risk of being chronically hungry.