TUFF Bags is working to eradicate childhood hunger, as well as provide education, skill building, and community service for at-risk youth in the juvenile justice system. Approximately 3,800 children in Tuscarawas County experience food insecurity, which refers to a lack of regular access to nutritional food.
The food these children receive through TUFF Bags not only nourishes their bodies, but helps them reach their full academic and social potential by allowing them to leave school on Friday without the worry of going hungry until returning to school on Monday.
TUFF Bags is currently serving approximately 1,900 children in six school districts in Tuscarawas County: Indian Valley, Newcomerstown, Dover, Claymont, Tusky Valley, and Tuscarawas Central Catholic, as well as STAR Alternative School, Quaker Digital Academy, four HARCATUS Pre-school Learning Centers, Buckeye Career Center and Strasburg Area Homeschool Co-Op.
100% of every donation is used to help provide weekend meals for food insecure children in our community.
Interested in volunteering? Donating? Hosting a food drive? Contact us for more details!
For more information:
Call: 330-401-3283
email: tuffbags@npnaz.org
The food these children receive through TUFF Bags not only nourishes their bodies, but helps them reach their full academic and social potential by allowing them to leave school on Friday without the worry of going hungry until returning to school on Monday.
TUFF Bags is currently serving approximately 1,900 children in six school districts in Tuscarawas County: Indian Valley, Newcomerstown, Dover, Claymont, Tusky Valley, and Tuscarawas Central Catholic, as well as STAR Alternative School, Quaker Digital Academy, four HARCATUS Pre-school Learning Centers, Buckeye Career Center and Strasburg Area Homeschool Co-Op.
100% of every donation is used to help provide weekend meals for food insecure children in our community.
Interested in volunteering? Donating? Hosting a food drive? Contact us for more details!
For more information:
Call: 330-401-3283
email: tuffbags@npnaz.org
TUFF Bags Salutes our
Volunteer of the month
Jacob Roudebush
July 2026 Volunteer of the Month
TUFF Bags Volunteer of the Month for July is Jacob Roudebush!
* Jacob has been volunteering with us for 3 years.
* He started volunteering with us because he wanted to work hands-on with a local program that would make a great impact on the community. (We think this mentality is absolutely incredible for a teenage boy
)
* Jacob says his favorite part of volunteering with TUFF Bags is seeing the process from start to finish. From packing bags and then delivering them to homes. (Jacob is part of our volunteer delivery team this summer and has been a tremendous asset to our summer program!)
* Jumping into our recycling dumpster to compact the cardboard after a morning of packing bags is Jacob's favorite packing day memory
(Don't worry - his mom and other adults were nearby)
* Jacob's encouragement to anyone who hasn't volunteered with us before is that it is very rewarding knowing you're making a difference and that the other volunteers are great people.
Thank you Jacob, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!
* Jacob has been volunteering with us for 3 years.
* He started volunteering with us because he wanted to work hands-on with a local program that would make a great impact on the community. (We think this mentality is absolutely incredible for a teenage boy
)* Jacob says his favorite part of volunteering with TUFF Bags is seeing the process from start to finish. From packing bags and then delivering them to homes. (Jacob is part of our volunteer delivery team this summer and has been a tremendous asset to our summer program!)
* Jumping into our recycling dumpster to compact the cardboard after a morning of packing bags is Jacob's favorite packing day memory
(Don't worry - his mom and other adults were nearby)* Jacob's encouragement to anyone who hasn't volunteered with us before is that it is very rewarding knowing you're making a difference and that the other volunteers are great people.
Thank you Jacob, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!