School counselor Teresa Eads, left, coordinates the distribution, once a week at school, in conjunction with the Open Door Food Pantry, which fills the backpacks. Abby Hawley shoulders a backpack and heads off to make a delivery. Sixty-two children from 26 families are helped through the Buddy Pack program at Skyline. In the past two years the Safety Patrol has given back to the Open Door Food Pantry by raising $400 through the sale of hand-made valentines, Eads said.

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