Blessings In A Backpack Supports Students At Thunder Hill Elementary School

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Thunder Hill Elementary School has partnered with Blessings in a Backpack and the Howard County Sheriff’s Office to start a weekend food program for THES students.

Launched in October, the program provides packs of non-perishable weekend snack foods for 125 students. The program provides food packs to students every Friday during the school year at no cost to families.

The program is being supported by an annual donation from the Hankin Family Charitable Foundation in memory of their mother and wife, Cindy Hankin, who was a Howard County Public School System educator and principal. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office serves as program coordinator by collaborating with Blessings in a Backpack and THES staff to place and store food orders and provide weekly food deliveries to the school.