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GUNTERSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
Some students dread the weekend because it means they will go hungry. They depend on low-income, school-funded food programs.
To offset the weekends, a group in Guntersville has joined a nationwide program called Blessings in a Backpack.
They put seven or eight easy-to-prepare food items in needy students' backpacks on Fridays so they'll be able to eat on the weekends.
"Right now, we're seeing about 930 children and have funding for about half of that and we are expanding more funding in January to include another school," said Wendy Griffin with Blessings in a Backpack.
They're helping children in Guntersville, Cherokee, Claysville and Asbury. They will be adding children from Grant in January.
They're asking everyone to adopt a child by paying just $80 for an entire school year.
Blessings in a Backpack puts easy-to-prepare food items in needy students' backpacks on Fridays so they can eat on weekends.
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