A Collaborative Effort to Improve Child Nutrition

Our mission is to alleviate the burden of food insecurity and promote community well-being by providing children of Cambria County with healthy and sustainable food options on the weekends.

For 10 years the Cambria County Backpack Project has been providing weekend meals to children. Today, the Cambria County Backpack Project serves over 600 children each school year, in ten school districts and multiple partner agencies across the county.

Our Partners

Already located on the map

  • Blacklick Valley School District
  • Cambria Heights School District
  • Conemaugh Valley School District
  • Ferndale Area School District
  • Forest Hills School District
  • Greater Johnstown School District
  • Northern Cambria School District
  • Penn Cambria School District
  • Portage Area School District
  • Richland School District
  • Westmont Hilltop School District

(We serve all school districts in the county except Central Cambria and Glendale)

Not on the map

  • Bishop McCort Catholic Schools (Johnstown)
  • Community Action Partnership of Cambria County, Head Start Programs:
    • Johnstown City Center
    • Salix Center (Forest Hills)
    • Northern Cambria Center
    • Mount Aloysius Center (Penn Cambria, Cresson)
  • Soaring Heights School (Johnstown)
  • Cambria County Child Development Corporation, PreK Counts Programs:
    • Morrell Neighborhood School (Johnstown)
    • Conemaugh Neighborhood School (Conemaugh Valley)
  • Mom’s House of Johnstown, Inc.
  • Silver Linings (Johnstown)