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title: "Join Saint George in Supporting Backpack Buddies"
date: 2020-09-01
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# Join Saint George in Supporting Backpack Buddies

**Church Leaders**

In Shelby County alone, there are over 10,000 public school children on the free meal program at their school but what happens over the weekends? During long holiday breaks and weekends, The Backpack Buddies Program helps meet the need by providing public school students with nutritious and easy-to-prepare food that they can take home when other resources aren’t always available. [Saint George Melkite Greek-Catholic Church](https://birminghamchristian.com/church/saint-george-melkite-greek-catholic-church/) has a receptacle in the Narthex to place the items and this collection will continue for the next several months. The church is located at 425 16th Avenue South, Birmingham, 35205. †

[![church leader photo fun st george backpack buddies](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/church-leader-photo-fun-st-george-backpack-buddies-245x300.jpg "church leader photo fun st george backpack buddies")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/church-leader-photo-fun-st-george-backpack-buddies.jpg)Saint George members, Dr. Eddie Thomas and his son Stephen, deliver food for the Backpack Buddies program which is run by Vineyard Family Services, [www.vfsdads.com](http://www.vfsdads.com).[![church leader st george backpack buddies ](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/church-leader-st-george-backpack-buddies_son-delilvery-e1598976268163-225x300.jpg "church leader st george backpack buddies ")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/church-leader-st-george-backpack-buddies_son-delilvery-e1598976268163.jpg)Stephen Thomas delivering food for the Backpack Buddies program.