Help feed children in need and receive a free tubing ticket at Ruidoso Winter Park.

Support the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program, which provides weekend backpacks of food to school children living in poverty. Bring $10 worth of nonperishable food items to Ruidoso Winter Park on Sunday, February 12, 2023, and receive a free tubing ticket!  A win for you and a win for the kids of Lincoln County.

For information and reservations, visit RuidosoWinterPark.com.

The Food 4 Kids Backpack Program provides weekend food packages to chronically hungry elementary school students from low-income households who are at risk of hunger over the weekend when free school meals are unavailable.

Every Friday afternoon students on the program are called out of class, often to the school nurse’s office, and discretely given a bag of food which is tucked into their backpacks. Each bag contains enough food to see the students through the weekend, and the discreet distributions remove the stigma that might be attached to the program.

What food items are included in the backpack?

Nutritious food items include:
– Cereal
– Fruit bars
– Pancake mix
– Peanut Butter
– Juice box
– Soup
– Tuna
– Crackers
– Granola
– Mac & Cheese mix
– Instant soup
– Oatmeal
– Spaghetti
– Spaghetti sauce
– Rice
– Canned vegetables & fruit

Learn more at RuidosoFood4Kids.org