WABASH, Ind. – The Honeywell House welcomes Jenny Wilson, director of Blessings in a Backpack, to speak on Tues., March 13, 2018 at 7 p.m. Ms. Wilson established the program in Wabash County in 2011.
Blessings in a Backpack is a non-profit organization that feeds school children in the United States who currently are fed during the week on the federally funded Free and Reduced Meal Program and are at risk of going hungry on the weekends. Statistics show that 1 out of 5 children living in the United States struggles with hunger.
Blessings in a Backpack prepare bags of food for more than 500 children in kindergarten through sixth grade during the school year in the Wabash City Schools District and the Metropolitan School District of Wabash County.
For more information about this presentation, please call (260) 563-2326 ext. 1, or check the Honeywell House website at www.honeywellhouse.org.
The Honeywell Foundation is a public charity in Wabash, Indiana. The organization and its venues – Honeywell Center, Honeywell House, Charley Creek Gardens, Dr. Ford Historic Home, Eagles Theatre, and 13-24 Drive In – provide artistic, social, cultural, and recreational opportunities for all. For more information about The Honeywell Foundation, please visit www.honeywellfoundation.org.