Snack Sacks stave hunger for Texas students

by Matt Smith

Photo: St. Mark United Methodist Church member Bill Cole discusses the Snack Pack program whereby area churches and organizations team with Cleburne ISD to address student hunger issues. [Matt Smith/Cleburne Times-Review]

Business groups, churches and community members have joined together in Cleburne, Texas to provide weekly “snack sacks” to children who might otherwise go hungry on weekends and outside of school hours.

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