St. Mary’s Food Bank Partnerships
St. Mary’s Food Bank Partnership
What Our Parnership with St. Mary's food bank looks like
Backpack Program
St. Mary’s Food Bank
Victory Collegiate Academy has been partnered with St. Mary’s Food Bank since 2017.The backpack program provides our students free non-perishable meals that students can take home and eat on weekends to help supplement meals while not at school. The backpack program will help us serve 50-75 families each weekend.
Food Pantry Distribution
St. Mary’s Food Bank
Since 2017, Victory Collegiate Academy has been able to host its monthly “Victory Food Pantry” providing supplementary food assistance to all VCA families and community members. Each month, St. Mary's distributes large amounts of food directly to VCA allowing us to feed numerous families and households in the Maryvale area at zero cost.
Kids Cafe
St. Mary’s Food Bank
Since 2017, VCA has been able to provide free, healthy meals for all students who attend after-school and sports programs throughout the entire school year. The kids cafe program has allowed feed up to 150 after school participants daily.