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Backpack Friends
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$706raised 283 % of goal
283% Complete
goal$250
Backpack Friends
Your new favorite event to wipe out weekend hunger!
Tue, February 13, 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
Join us for an evening of holiday shopping and activities-- to help wipe out weekend hunger among kids in our community!
Fri, November 08 5:00 PM CT
to Fri, November 08 9:00 PM CT
Thu, April 25, 2024
1:30 PM CT
$12,546raised 84 % of goal
84% Complete
goal$15,000
Your new favorite holiday event to wipe out weekend hunger!
Fri, November 08 5:00 PM CT
to Fri, November 08 9:00 PM CT
Thu, April 25, 2024
1:30 PM CT
$6,091raised 41 % of goal
41% Complete
goal$15,000
Join us for an evening of holiday shopping and activities-- to help wipe out weekend hunger among kids in our community!
Fri, November 10 5:00 PM CT
to Fri, November 10 9:00 PM CT
Your new favorite holiday event to wipe out weekend hunger!
Fri, November 10 5:00 PM CT
to Fri, November 10 9:00 PM CT
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Sat, July 22, 2023
10:00 AM CT
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Sat, July 01 6:00 AM CT
to Fri, July 21 10:00 PM CT
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Sat, July 01 6:00 AM CT
to Tue, July 30 6:00 PM CT
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$0raised 0 % of goal
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goal$5,000
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Can your gift change a life? You bet it can!
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Backpack Friends
Can your gift change a life? You bet it can!
$34,313raised 86 % of goal
86% Complete
goal$40,000
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Our Impactivist Team is the backbone of our organization.
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Can your gift change a life? You bet it can!

About Backpack Friends


Backpack Friends, Incorporated provides healthy, shelf-stable food to at-risk kids who've been identified with 'food insecurity'. 

In 2014, Pflugerville ISD joined with a handful of local churches to help feed kids who were identified with 'food insecurity'. Tom and Heather Cottar put together a small team to help feed 12 at-risk kids at a nearby elementary school. Each weekend, their volunteers would shop, organize, pack, and deliver healthy, shelf-stable food to help bridge the gap. 


Today, Backpack Friends, Incorporated is a 501c3 charity recognized by the IRS. Your tax-deductible donation of $29 helps feed a child suffering from hunger for the month. (That's just $1 per day!)  Today we've distributed over 10,000 backpacks of food and we're only just getting started.  

By building relationships with school administrations, private and corporate sponsors, and local community organizations, Backpack Friends is bridging the gap for kids with hunger issues. We believe that no child in our society should ever go hungry. We believe that the truest test of compassion is how we treat those among us who are most vulnerable. And we believe that if no one else works to alleviate childhood hunger, we will.  

Hunger is complicated. Feeding a child isn't.

Donation Levels


$29Bronze
Feeds ONE child every weekend for ONE month.
$49Silver
Feeds TWO children every weekend for ONE month.
$99Gold
Feeds FOUR children every weekend for ONE month.
$199Platinum
Feeds EIGHT children every weekend for ONE month.
$299Platinum Plus
Feeds TWELVE children every weekend for ONE month.

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Nonprofit Donations Tax Deductible