Lindsay Zylstra and Deborah Hyslop sell Christmas plants at Ridge Meadows Hospital Wednesday afternoon to raise money for the Starfish Backpack project in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows that began at the end of September.
Students, identified by their schools, are given a backpack filled with food to take home on Friday afternoons.
Each backpack contains food for two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners and snacks.
In Maple Ridge, all the food is provided by Save-On Foods at Valley Fair Mall at cost.
The Meadowridge Rotary club provides the backpacks, which are filled with food by volunteers at Burnett Fellowship Church in downtown Maple Ridge, then delivered to participating schools.
So far, there are five elementary schools involved – three in Maple Ridge and two in Pitt Meadows.