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How you live your life is your silent message to others
We are the members and friends of Orangetheory Fitness Frederick. We invite you to join us to support Blessings in a Backpack. Together, we can send a silent message to the Frederick community that feeding local children is even more imperative during these uncertain times when school meals are unavailable.
Blessings in a Backpack (BIAB) is now supplementing the FCPS "grab & go" meal program by distributing food each Friday at 30 school and neighborhood locations. They also expanded their program to feed any child 18 or younger who may be at risk of going hungry.
Due to COVID-19, on March 16, Governor Hogan closed the schools, issued a stay-at-home order and closed non-essential businesses. Given that schools were closed and families were experiencing severe economic hardship, BIAB changed its model. They added volunteer-led neighborhood distribution sites to reach the kids who couldn't get to schools which were established as access points. Limited food supplies also had an impact on the program. BIAB had to alter food choices, which increased the per child food costs by over 50%.
COVID-19 has strained the community's ability to feed its children. As a result, for the first time since its creation in 2014, BIAB will help Frederick's children in need well into the summer. This is another challenge, but with our help, a challenge that BIAB can meet.
OTF Frederick's members and friends originally set a goal of increasing the number of children BIAB serves during "normal" times. These are not normal times. Therefore, the goal is now $25,000 to be used by BIAB to meet the acute need caused by the virus.
How you live your life is your silent message to others
Know that donating to BIAB sends a silent message to others and that "others" includes not only the children BIAB feeds but every child who looks to us for love and nurturing, wisdom and guidance, and safety and security.
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