Seanan Culloty, left, chef and manager at Manna soup kitchen, and Oona King, with AmeriCorps and the Backpack Program coordinator at Manna, pack bags of food Tuesday. The bags, which contain food for seven meals, are distributed once a week. The Backpack Program provides 300 to Durango School District 9-R and 80 to the Southern Ute Boys and Girls Club. Before the coronavirus pandemic, about 180 bags were distributed weekly.
The Backpack Program at Manna soup kitchen provides 300 bags of food to Durango School District 9-R and 80 bags to the Southern Ute Boys and Girls Club each week. Before the pandemic, about 180 bags were distributed weekly.
A checklist for food bags prepared as part of the Backpack Program at Manna soup kitchen.
