TriStar NorthCrest Colleagues Fill Backpacks With Food for Local Students
ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center colleagues volunteer with the TNKids Nutrition program as a part of the Patty Dunn Memorial Backpack Attack Program. This program is open to volunteers each Wednesday while Robertson County schools are in session to put together food packs that will be placed in backpack so that children will have food available during the weekend. Many children receive the majority of their nutrition from free meals provided by the school system and are food insecure over the weekend.
Just as in the past several years, TNKids will be traversing the majority of Robertson County providing services to those in need. During the 2023-2024 school year, almost 600 children have received assistance each week through this program. There are no geographic boundaries for the Backpack Attack Program. They serve children in every school in the Robertson County school system.
TNKids Nutrition became a reality on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 2009, as group of men were cooking turkeys for a dinner to feed the hungry. As the turkeys were cooking, the conversation turned to how much good was done for the hungry around Thanksgiving and Christmas, but the hunger did not go away on December 26th. One of the men was aware of several Federal programs which were available to feed children. Another had knowledge of a local program which could provide food for students.
From that conversation, came the idea for a local nonprofit dedicated to the nutritional needs of children. Discussions continued over the next several months and the first meeting of the TNKids Nutrition Board of Directors was held on August 8, 2010.
The agency was incorporated on August 10 and nonprofit status was granted by the IRS on September 10, 2010.
As always TriStar NorthCrest is proud to show up for our community.
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