Buddy Backpacks - United Way of Northeastern Minnesota
608 East Drive, Chisholm, MN 55719
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Application process
Intake/enrollment takes place within the schools, parents fill out permission slip.
Service area
Keewatin, MN
Nashwauk, MN
Pengilly, MN
Big Falls, MN
Buyck, MN
International Falls, MN
Littlefork, MN
Loman, MN
Mizpah, MN
Northome, MN
Ranier, MN
Angora, MN
Aurora, MN
Babbitt, MN
Biwabik, MN
Brimson, MN
Britt, MN
Brookston, MN
Buhl, MN
Buyck, MN
Canyon, MN
Chisholm, MN
Cook, MN
Cotton, MN
Crane Lake, MN
Culver, MN
Ely, MN
Embarrass, MN
Eveleth, MN
Floodwood, MN
Forbes, MN
Gheen, MN
Gilbert, MN
Hibbing, MN
Hoyt Lakes, MN
Iron, MN
Kabetogama, MN
Kelly Lake, MN
Kinney, MN
Makinen, MN
Meadowlands, MN
Mountain Iron, MN
Nett Lake, MN
Orr, MN
Saginaw, MN
Side Lake, MN
Soudan, MN
Tower, MN
Virginia, MN
Winton, MN
Zim, MN
Other Information
Program Fees
Description
Provides a backpack filled with nutritious, nonperishable, child-friendly food items to children who are at-risk of going hungry over the weekends due to various reasons. Helps to fight weekend hunger by providing these food kits to children across the Iron Range and in Koochiching County each Friday or holiday break from school.
Last Assured
10/01/2025
What's Here
Providing organization
United Way of Northeastern Minnesota
Operates programming for children, individuals in crisis, and veterans on the Iron Range, Koochiching County, and Lake of the Woods County. Fundraises to support agencies in the region.