Nourish One Child


Food for Thought



Serving Jackson County Schools



Food for Thought is a coalition of the Food Backpack programs throughout Jackson County, Alabama. Nourish One Child partners with Food for Thought and other community partners including, Jackson County Legislative Delegation, Mountain Lakes Chamber of Commerce and IMPACT Learning Center, to raise funds to help the county's area backpack programs.





Jackson County Legislative Delegation Donation



The JACKSON COUNTY FARMERS FEDERATION presents a check to the FOOD FOR THOUGHT JACKSON COUNTY COALITION of school kids backpack programs. The money helps support all 12 food backpack programs for school kids in the County and Scottsboro City. Pictured L-R are Scott Woodall, State Senator Steve Livingston, Cathy Mitchell Executive Director of Impact Learning Center, Phillip Thompson of Jackson County Farmers Federation, Mary K Carlton Board President of Nourish One Child, Debbie Helms Food for Thought Volunteer from Skyline, Brandon Edmonson, and State House Representative elect Mike Kirkland. You can donate to Food for Thought by mailing a check to JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATIVE OFFICE at 100 E. PEACHTREE ST. SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768 or online through nourishonechild.com and designate to Food for Thought.







Bruce's Foodland Donation



Bruce’s FOODLAND presents a check to the FOOD FOR THOUGHT JACKSON COUNTY COALITION which provides food for school kids in Jackson County and Scottsboro City. All three Jackson County Foodland stores located in Scottsboro, Section, and Stevenson participated in collecting donations at checkout. Pictured L-R are Scot Blackwell Manager of Scottsboro store, Mary K Carlton Board President of Nourish One Child, Hunter Webb Assistant Foodland Manager, and Emily Campbell Stevenson Food for Thought volunteer and coordinator of Stevenson Buddy Bags. You can donate to Food for Thought by mailing a check to JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATIVE OFFICE at 100 E. PEACHTREE ST. SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768 or online through nourishonechild.com and designate to Food for Thought.





About Food for Thought



Schools Served



The Food for Thought program is a backpack program to help kids in 17 Jackson County schools.



Number of Kids



During the 2020-21 school year, nearly 1,000 kids were served through the Food for Thought coalition in Jackson County.



Contact



To learn more about the Food for Thought program, please call the Jackson County Legislative office at 256-218-3090.