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1. Miracle-Josette Creighton
March 13, 2013

2.  Poverty has a wide range of negative effects on
the physical and mental health and wellbeing
of our nation’s children.
 Poverty is linked with inadequate nutrition and
food insecurity.

3.  Low birth weight
 Poor nutrition which is manifested in:
 Inadequate food
 Lack of access to healthy foods

4.  62% of households with children under the age
of 18 reported in poverty.
 207,000 children are at risk of hunger in
Maryland
 85% of the students enrolled at Maple
Elementary school live in households where
providing for basic needs is a daily challenge.

5.  Provides a bag filled with nutritious foods for
our most vulnerable students, including
homeless students and other families in crisis,
to take home on weekends during the school
year.
 We aim to provide 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2
snacks and 2 fruit items in every bag.

6.  All items are non-perishable, easily accessible
and require little to no preparation.
 Students are identified by school personnel
including principals, guidance counselors and
other staff.
 Only identified school personnel have access to
protected student information. Every effort is
made to protect confidentiality.

7.  The CarePacks mission is to prevent weekend
hunger among Dorchester County’s most
economically vulnerable students.

8.  Oatmeal packets Cereal /Granola bars
 Single serving cereals Toaster Pastries
 Filled crackers Canned tuna
 Raisins Easy mac
 Applesauce cups Instant lunch noodles
 Fruit cups Canned pasta
 Peanuts (small packages)
 Trail mix (small packages)

12. Fighting Hunger
Fueling Success
Thank you very
much for
listening to my
presentation.
--Miracle-Josette
Creighton