United Business Technologies (UBT) has partnered with Blessings in a Backpack to fill 50 backpacks full of food each week for the next three years. The backpacks will provide weekend meals to students who qualify for the federally-funded National School Lunch Program at South Lake Elementary School in Gaithersburg, MD. Through this program, UBT will contribute $50 for every copier sold from December 1st, 2016 to November 30th, 2019.
Blessings in a Backpack is a nonprofit that works with volunteers across the country to collect and package backpacks full of food, distributing them each Friday to students who qualify.
About United Business Technologies: United Business Technologies is an industry-leading, total solutions provider of business technology headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. For more information visit www.ubti.com.
About Blessings in a Backpack: Hunger has both short- and long-term negative effects on children’s health and ability to succeed in school. Blessings in a Backpack is a results-oriented 501(c)(3) program dedicated to ensuring that impoverished American elementary school children are fed over weekends. Blessings in a Backpack currently feeds more than 60,000 children across 43 states in over 500 schools. For more information visit www.blessingsinabackpack.org.