Bright Futures Joplin moves from snack packs to mini pantries

Yahoo10-06-2025

JOPLIN, Mo. — Summer is just getting started, but an area organization is already starting to think about school getting back in session.
Bright Futures Joplin is turning its attention to how to keep kids fed when school starts back up. For several years, the agency has offered the Snack Pack Program to the tune of more than $20,000 a year.
Those have been offered to early childhood, elementary, and middle school students. Last year, Bright Futures changed that for middle school students, shifting from snack packs to a mini pantry at each middle school. Now, they need help keeping the community keeping those stocked.
Bright Futures Joplin Executive Director Amanda Stone says while single serving snack packs are great for younger students, older kids need something different.
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