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Not yet a buddy?

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We provide nutritious weekend meals to children.

Because kids needs to eat on weekends, too. Join us in our mission to fill the hunger gap

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You Can Make a Difference!

Children who rely on free breakfast and lunch at school are often food insecure on weekends.

Our Impact

Backpack Buddies started in 2017 with volunteers packing food for children facing weekend hunger. They began by serving 10 students at one local elementary school, providing discreet bags of non-perishable food. 

 

Since then, Backpack Buddies has expanded across Metro Atlanta, feeding hundreds of students each weekend. After becoming a *501(c)(3) in 2022, the organization grew to serve 800 children weekly at 27 schools. By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, with help from volunteers and community partners, Backpack Buddies was feeding 2,500 children each weekend at 50 schools. In April 2025, they celebrated delivering their 1 Millionth Meal. 

 

As we grow, we need more donors, volunteers, and partners to continue our mission.

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The Effects of Hunger

The effects of hunger impact more than a child's discomfort.

Hunger is a ripple that can grow into an issue that afects all

areas of child's life: their health, their social development, and

their cognitive capabilities. No child deserves this.​

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Helps us make a difference!

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We're on a Mission

Our mission is to provide weekend meals to food-insecure children across Metro Atlanta to protect their mental and physical health and

their ability to learn.

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Each bag is filled with nonperishable food,

including a minimum of:

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Help Make A Difference

Our work is growing, and so is our need for passionate supporters!

Explore the different ways you can get involved and support our mission: 

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DONATE

Boost our mission & help feed kids

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VOLUNTEER

Join us to help pack & deliver food or join a committee

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BECOME A COMMUNITY BUDDY

Enlist your organization & adopt a school

Before Backpack Buddies, my brother ate on Saturday and I ate on Sunday. Now, we both get to eat all weekend.

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Thank You Backpack Buddies!

Stay in Touch

We will never spam you or sell your data.

404-465-4050
 

Office
2458 Jett Ferry Rd, Ste 350
Dunwoody, GA  30338 

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Warehouse
2480 Jett Ferry Rd, Ste 520
Dunwoody, GA  30338

Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta
is a registered 501(c)(3) in the state of Georgia. EIN#88-0684867

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Proud Partner of:

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The Roderick Seward, Flossie Radcliffe and Helen M. Galloway Foundation, Inc.

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©2025 by Backpack Buddies.

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