Have you heard of the backpack program? I love it because it made my life better.
When I was in elementary school, I lived in Arkansas. Many students at my school often felt dizzy and had tomachaches. I was one of them.
Our school nurse realized we weren’t really sick. We were just very hungry. So, she called a food bank. It started the backpack program in 1994 to help us.
Each week, community volunteers made food to me and other hungry kids every Friday. On weekends, I wasn’t hungry anymore!
Now I’m a backpack program volunteer. Every week, 110 food banks give out 35,000 food backpacks in the U.S. That makes me so happy!
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Comprehension questions
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
2. In elementary school, the writer felt dizzy and had _____.
3. Why did the food bank start the backpack program?
4. When did volunteers give food backpacks to kids?
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