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
Carrie and Maria Williams
March 2026 Volunteer of the Month
TUFF Bags Volunteers of the Month for March are the dynamic mother - daughter duo Carrie and Maria Williams!
* Carrie and Maria have been volunteering with TUFF Bags for three years
* In 2023 a dear friend of TUFF Bags, Michele Spring Radio, asked staff members at WJER Radio to volunteer with us. Carrie and Maria have been regulars ever since!
* The ladies say their favorite part of volunteering is the fast pace, camaraderie, knowing the food bags will help a lot of children, and the warm fuzzy feeling they get from helping others. (We LOVE this!)
* Carrie and Maria feel that being involved with the community is important because it includes our friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and schoolmates. Helping make it better affects all of us in a positive way.
Thank you Carrie and Maria, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!
* Carrie and Maria have been volunteering with TUFF Bags for three years
* In 2023 a dear friend of TUFF Bags, Michele Spring Radio, asked staff members at WJER Radio to volunteer with us. Carrie and Maria have been regulars ever since!
* The ladies say their favorite part of volunteering is the fast pace, camaraderie, knowing the food bags will help a lot of children, and the warm fuzzy feeling they get from helping others. (We LOVE this!)
* Carrie and Maria feel that being involved with the community is important because it includes our friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and schoolmates. Helping make it better affects all of us in a positive way.
Thank you Carrie and Maria, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!