The Weekend Hunger Initiative (WHI), Hobbs backpack program, a non profit organization in Hobbs, NM, delivers bags of food to Hobbs ISD students who are food insecure over the weekends. Anyone can volunteer and help provide food for kids. Our volunteer opportunities are endless. You can help us sort through food donations, pack bags of food for hungry children, or help with inventory.
Hobbs Backpack Program focuses on the weekend nutritional needs of children in Hobbs. We are the centralized contact point for referrals, we supply the location to pack the backpacks and provide assistance to partner organizations.
Many families are finding it difficult to make ends meet here. Rent and utilities have drastically increased along with the cost of food and gas. Even some of our middle class families struggle to live in Hobbs and provide for their children.
These children do not have any choices; they cannot drive themselves to the store for food or even ask for help. Many of them have parents who are working, but just do not make enough to provide everything needed. These children need a help up!
We are currently serving almost 1200 students every Friday.
There are many different ways you can donate to WHI Hobbs. Click here!!!
New Mexico is number one in the country for child food insecurity (meaning having little to no food on the weekends).
23% of Lea County's children are food insecure.
Of these children, 29% do not qualify for the school food program.
Of households with children, nearly 60% report utilizing the school breakfast/lunch program, but the households they live in still require additional help with food assistance.
44% of households with children report their family was not eating enough because they could not afford food.
A USDA study indicates that under-nutrition experiences by children during periods of growth impacts their behavior, their school performance, and their overall cognitive development.
Thank you for your support of helping feed our hungry children in Hobbs for the last 10 years it is appreciated! You truly gave a HELP UP! We could have not done it with out our hometown heros .
Hobbs ISD warehouse crew! They are the behind the scene hero's who deliver the food to all the schools.
