Ways to Support
A gift of $60 will sponsor one backpack for an entire month.
Make a donation
A one-time gift of $600 will sponsor one backpack for an entire school year!
You may mail a donation to this address:
Bremerton Backpack Brigade
P.O. Box 2533
Bremerton, WA 98310
Or donate below!
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to help us. You can donate cash, by check, or here online with Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and PayPal
Learn about the impact of your donation
88,223.41
lbs. of food sent home
9,228
backpacks/boxes sent home
295
families fed
over the 2023-2024 school year.
Donate Food Items
Donate Food Items
The Bremerton Backpack Brigade fills each Backpack with kid-friendly, shelf-stable food, including fresh fruit and vegetables.
It costs $12 to $16 per week to fill each backpack.
Food drives throughout the community provide approximately 35% of the non-perishable foods that we send home. The other 65% of food sent home (including fresh produce) is purchased with dollars donated from our community supporters.
Want to buy items yourself?
For the safety of our students no glass jars are permitted in backpacks
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Canned protein (tuna, chicken, Spam, Vienna sausages, etc)
Dried beans, lentils, peas
Canned meals (ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, Chili, Hearty Soups)
Helper meals
Mac & cheese, Pasta/Rice mixes
Potatoes
Pastas and rice
Canned sauces
Powered sauces/dressings
Cornbread/biscuit mixes
Cereal/Oatmeal
Canned vegetables and fruit
Canned beans (black, pinto, refried)
Peanut butter/Seed butter (for nut allergies)
Jelly/Jam
Pancake mix/Syrup
Pudding/Jello mixes
Applesauce/yogurt pouches
Fruit snack cups
Jiffy muffin/cake/brownie mixes
Ramen noodles
Tortillas (flour or corn)
Snacks (Granola Bars, fruit chews, nuts, raisins, popcorn, cookies, crackers, etc.)
Ziplock bags (quart and gallon)
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Kitsap Habitat Store
Mon-Sat 9am to 6pm
3451 Wheaton Way
Bremerton, WA 98310
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mon-Wed 10am to 2pm
700 Callahan Dr.
Bremerton, WA 98310
Bremerton United Methodist Church
Mon-Thurs 9am to 1 pm
1150 Marine Drive
Bremerton, WA 98312