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
Amanda Hursey
October 2026 Volunteer of the Month
TUFF Bags Volunteer of the Month for October is Amanda Hursey!
* After attending the TUFF Bags Gala for several years, Amanda wanted to get more involved and started volunteering on packing days last year.
* Amanda says her favorite part of volunteering is knowing that each item placed in the bags goes to a child who needs it and in a small way makes their life a happier one.
* On the importance of being involved in our community, Amanda said "God calls us to love our neighbors and being part of TUFF Bags is absolutely loving our most precious neighbors". (We LOVE that!)
* Amanda's encouragement to anyone who hasn't volunteered with us is that being around others that are excited about feeding our kids is so uplifting, and its more fun than you think!
Thank you Amanda, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!
* After attending the TUFF Bags Gala for several years, Amanda wanted to get more involved and started volunteering on packing days last year.
* Amanda says her favorite part of volunteering is knowing that each item placed in the bags goes to a child who needs it and in a small way makes their life a happier one.
* On the importance of being involved in our community, Amanda said "God calls us to love our neighbors and being part of TUFF Bags is absolutely loving our most precious neighbors". (We LOVE that!)
* Amanda's encouragement to anyone who hasn't volunteered with us is that being around others that are excited about feeding our kids is so uplifting, and its more fun than you think!
Thank you Amanda, for giving your time, support, and love to TUFF Bags. We appreciate you!