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Churches pull together to feed hungry kids
Backpack Buddies program helps more than 350 local students
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Georgia Southern student Emily Stallings, 20, of Columbus hands off a bag full of goodies to volunteer Keith Hickman, right, as she lends a hand with fellow students from the Episcopal Campus Ministry to the Backpack Buddies program at Pittman Park United Methodist Church Wednesday to help feed needy children in the Bulloch County School system.
Every weekend, close to 25 percent of Bulloch County children potentially go hungry. That many children live below the poverty level and are considered at-risk; some will have nothing to eat from Friday lunch at school until Monday breakfast. However, the combined efforts of local churches, civic organizations, Georgia Southern University students and concerned citizens are ensuring more and more kids are fed.