Blessings In A Backpack Program

We are pleased to announce that we have received part of a grant from the AEP Foundation!!!! The $32,000 grant was awarded to Titus County Cares (TCC) for a community campaign to support its food pantry and school backpack program. The following schools will benefit from the TCC grant:

- Mt. Pleasant ISD
- Chapel Hill ISD
- Winfield ISD
- Mt. Vernon ISD
- Winnsboro ISD
- Hughes Springs ISD
- Daingerfield ISD
- Paul Pewitt ISD

The grant money will be used for TCC’s “Blessings in a Backpack” program which enables qualified students to take a backpack home over the weekend that contains sustainable food items for nutritious meals they may not have received otherwise.

Hughes Springs ISD has been awarded $2,500 of the grant to start a program in our school district. The Hughes Springs High School Student Council is now kicking off the local community campaign to help support the “Blessings in a Backpack” program. Local pledges are needed to help match AEP’s generous donation and help this program thrive in Hughes Springs ISD. All pledges made to the Hughes Springs High School Student Council will stay here in HSISD and benefit our children. The cost of a backpack for one child is $80 per year.

If you are interested in making a pledge to the Hughes Springs ISD “Blessings in a Backpack” program or know a child who might benefit from the program or would like more information please contact:

Katie Denevan, Student Council Sponsor
denevank@hsisd.net
903-639-3841

Or

Deanna Putman, HSISD Communities in Schools Coordinator
putmand@hsisd.net
903-639-3873