Weekend backpacks feed kids

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Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Thorndyke Elementary in Tukwila is leading the way with a system to ensure its students are well-fed and clothed, writes Seattle Globalist cofounder Sarah Stuteville in the Seattle Times. As part of a new program run by social worker Kimberly Goodman and staffed by 20 volunteers, kids from low-income families</p></h2>
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            <p>Thorndyke Elementary in Tukwila is leading the way with a system to ensure its students are well-fed and clothed, <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/school-rallies-to-help-students-threatened-by-hunger-homelessness/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">writes Seattle Globalist cofounder Sarah Stuteville in the Seattle Times</a>. As part of a new program run by social worker Kimberly Goodman and staffed by 20 volunteers, kids from low-income families receive backpacks filled with food to hold them over through the weekend. The volunteers also arrange clothing swaps, housing info sessions and job fairs to address increasing homelessness in Tukwila School District. Almost 20 percent of Thorndyke students are experiencing housing insecurity, mainly due to steeply rising rents.</p>
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Thorndyke Elementary in Tukwila is leading the way with a system to ensure its students are well-fed and clothed, writes Seattle Globalist cofounder Sarah Stuteville in the Seattle Times. As part of a new program run by social worker Kimberly Goodman and staffed by 20 volunteers, kids from low-income families receive backpacks filled with food to hold them over through the weekend. The volunteers also arrange clothing swaps, housing info sessions and job fairs to address increasing homelessness in Tukwila School District. Almost 20 percent of Thorndyke students are experiencing housing insecurity, mainly due to steeply rising rents.

By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz