The Red Rocker feeds St. Louis kids
Rocker Sammy Hagar may not drive 55, but he is helping to feed
just over 2,000 children from St. Louis Public Schools. Hagar is
donating money to a program called Blessings in a Backpack, a
program which helps feed children over the weekends.
During the week, many poor children eat federally-funded
breakfast and lunch at school, but on the weekends, they’re on
their own. Though Blessings in a Backpack, every Friday students
are given backpacks with meals for the weekend and they bring
the backpack in on Monday to be set up for the next weekend.
“To me, it solves so many cool problems,” Hagar told the Post-
Dispatch last week. “And it’s such a simple concept, I love it.”
Hagar will perform at The Pageant on November 18 and 19, and
proceeds from the concerts will benefit Blessings in a Backpack.
Hagar said he plans to return to St. Louis every year for more
benefit concerts, and his goal is to pour a million dollars every
year into the program.
“St. Louis has been and throughout my career, one of the
greatest markets in the world for me,” Hagar said. If it all
works out here, Hagar said he plans to do the same thing in
other cities.
Stan Curtis, president of the non-profit group, said he’s been
working with Hagar for more than 15 years through his group, U.
S.A. Harvest, which donates surplus food from hospitals and
restaurants and delivers it to needy people.
(Article courtesy of Valerie Schremp Hahn of the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch)
Rocker Sammy Hagar may not drive 55, but he is helping to feed
just over 2,000 children from St. Louis Public Schools. Hagar is
donating money to a program called Blessings in a Backpack, a
program which helps feed children over the weekends.
During the week, many poor children eat federally-funded
breakfast and lunch at school, but on the weekends, they’re on
their own. Though Blessings in a Backpack, every Friday students
are given backpacks with meals for the weekend and they bring
the backpack in on Monday to be set up for the next weekend.
“To me, it solves so many cool problems,” Hagar told the Post-
Dispatch last week. “And it’s such a simple concept, I love it.”
Hagar will perform at The Pageant on November 18 and 19, and
proceeds from the concerts will benefit Blessings in a Backpack.
Hagar said he plans to return to St. Louis every year for more
benefit concerts, and his goal is to pour a million dollars every
year into the program.
“St. Louis has been and throughout my career, one of the
greatest markets in the world for me,” Hagar said. If it all
works out here, Hagar said he plans to do the same thing in
other cities.
Stan Curtis, president of the non-profit group, said he’s been
working with Hagar for more than 15 years through his group, U.
S.A. Harvest, which donates surplus food from hospitals and
restaurants and delivers it to needy people.
(Article courtesy of Valerie Schremp Hahn of the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch)