Effingham Backpack Buddies
Our organization's goal is to provide food to hungry children via food bags for the weekend. This is a partnership between members of the community.
06/01/2026
Second Harvest Summer Feeding starts today!
05/28/2026
Effingham summer feeding sites posted to Second Harvest's website. Please check their website for up to date info! https://helpendhunger.org/find-food/
05/18/2026
Last day! Bags packed and delivered and we are done for this school year! Thank you to Mrs. Tammy Helmey-Dickerson and Mr. Paul Dickerson for the adorable backpack cookies! Thank you to Mrs. Mary Evans Redmond and Mr. Mike Redmond for the brownies! Everything was delicious! I hope everyone enjoys their summer and we will be back at it in August!
Tomorrow is our last packing day for this
school year!
We start at 9 am!
05/15/2026
Please check https://helpendhunger.org/find-food/ for updated info. Unfortunately, we do not have the Second Harvest Summer Feeding site info yet. When it is available, it will be here. https://helpendhunger.org/programs/kids-cafe/summer-feeding/ . This list was put in each bag yesterday.
05/14/2026
678 bags today. We had fun as always! Thank you everyone!
Our last packing day for this school year is Monday May 18th at 9 am.
05/08/2026
Thank you to everyone who voted for us this year! We are grateful and honored!
05/07/2026
We packed, we chatted and ate, and we delivered! 687 bags today. We enjoyed our end of year meal together and it was delicious as always! Thank you to Southern Kafe on 17 for the wonderful food!
Only 2 more packing days this year! May 14th and 18th always at 9 am.
05/02/2026
Thank you for the donations left at Horton's General Store!!!
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1290 Highway 119
Springfield, GA
31329
Opening Hours
| 9am - 10:30am |