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
Ava Duda
January 2026 Volunteer of the Month
TUFF Bags Volunteer of the Month for January is Ava Duda!
* Ava has been volunteering with us for about 8 months. She heard about our program and packing days, and thought it sounded like a fun experience.
* She says her favorite part of volunteering with TUFF Bags is having fun and talking to different people while helping out our community.
* Meeting new people are Ava's favorite packing day memories.
* Ava would like to encourage anyone who hasn't volunteered with us to give it a try and says "It's a fun experience and doesn't feel like I'm working, I'm just helping people and getting to have fun while doing it". We love that!!
Thank you Ava, for giving your time, support and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!
* Ava has been volunteering with us for about 8 months. She heard about our program and packing days, and thought it sounded like a fun experience.
* She says her favorite part of volunteering with TUFF Bags is having fun and talking to different people while helping out our community.
* Meeting new people are Ava's favorite packing day memories.
* Ava would like to encourage anyone who hasn't volunteered with us to give it a try and says "It's a fun experience and doesn't feel like I'm working, I'm just helping people and getting to have fun while doing it". We love that!!
Thank you Ava, for giving your time, support and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!