At the Mountain Lion Backpack Program, we believe that food is the most important school supply! 

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There are many ways to get involved with our program. One way you can show your support is through monetary or food item donations.  Our program is 100% community funded, and we rely on our caring community to help us in furthering our mission of supplying 1,100 Altoona Area School District elementary school children with food for the weekends when other food resources may not be available to them.

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For many students, meals at school may be the only sustenance they receive. Without the support of the Mountain Lion Backpack Program, students return to school on Monday morning sick, tired, dizzy, and unable to focus because of hunger. For these students, there is no way to be prepared to learn. The Mountain Lion Backpack Program (MLBP) is not just a feeding program, it is an essential educational program as well. 

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The MLBP operates under Center for Community Action, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.