St Mark’s Anglican member Alicia Sims recognized by Colquitt County Board of Education Chairman Robby Pitts. 

MOULTRIE, Ga. – Colquitt County School System continues to see success as it tries to help students with food insecurity challenges. 

One of the many programs making a difference is the Weekend Snack Bag initiative funded by grants and local support.

The Weekend Snack Bag initiative has been in place for more than 10 years. Students identified by school social workers as experiencing food insecurities receive a book bag that contains healthy snacks and drinks to supplement their meals over the weekend. 

Grant funds from the national “No Kid Hungry” program and many community churches have helped make this endeavor possible, the school system said. The following churches in the community partner with the school system: 

• Christian Life Center. 

• Cool Springs Free Will Baptist Church.

• First Baptist Doerun.

• First Baptist Moultrie.

• First Presbyterian Moultrie.

• Oakdale Baptist.

• Pine Grove Baptist.

• Rose of Sharon Doerun Church of God.

• St Mark’s Anglican Church.

• Trinity Baptist Church.

• Willow Grove Word of Faith Church.

St. Marks Anglican Church was recognized by the Colquitt County Board of Education as a “Packer Business Partner” for R.B. Wright Elementary School. St. Marks has partnered with R.B. Wright to provided the Weekend Snack Bags since the initiative’s inception.

For more information on the Colquitt County School System’s Weekend Snack Bag initiative, contact Denise Pope at 229-890-6200 ext 15004, and for more information on the “No Kid Hungry” program, visit nokidhungry.org.