A Lakeland-based nonprofit raised $3,480 through a recent Groupon campaign to assist children in need at Dover Elementary School.
The money will allow the organization to feed 15 Dover school children for a year or 25 kids for seven months.
“There are more than 100 registered homeless and hungry children that attend Dover Elementary — kids classified as ‘food insecure’ — not knowing where their next meal will come from,” said kidPACK’s Denny Fraser. “When school is not in session where they have access to subsidized school meals, they often go without.”
Each kidsPACK, which utilizes a traditional backpack, includes two breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners. The organization will present its first food deliveries to Dover Elementary in October.
For more information, visit kidspack.org.