Volunteers label boxes of food during the second annual Stuff A Bus collection in July 2019 in Butler. The event, sponsored by the Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation, collected about $3,000 and food worth about $15,000 for the Butler Area School District's Weekend Backpack program.

UPDATE 3/30/2020: The Kid's Weekend Backpack Program has made it to the final round and is facing off against Paws Across Pittsburgh in an attempt to win $1,500 toward the purchase of food. To vote for the Kid's Weekend Backpack Program go to the program's Facebook page Monday any time after 9 a.m. Scroll until the post about the competition and then click on the program's logo. A checkmark will show up under the KWBP logo if you voted correctly.Organizers of a program that delivers backpacks full of food to elementary school students are asking the public to help them win a fundraising competition.Kim Thomas, a teacher at McQuistion Elementary School, founded the Kid's Weekend Backpack Program in 2015. The effort sends home a backpack full of food every Friday for roughly 360 elementary school students throughout the school year.Now, the program is part of a bracket-like contest structured like March Madness in an attempt to win $1,500 toward the purchase of food. That money, if they win, could be turned into 7,500 meals for the Butler school district students.“The community has been amazing supporters as it is,” Thomas said, adding that “I really think we could do this.”Clearview Federal Credit Union started Clearview Craziness several weeks ago, pitting 16 charities against each other in the bracketed competition. Each week, people were invited to vote for one charity and the ones with the most votes made their way to the next round.The Kid's Weekend Backpack Program was chosen to participate and they have now made it to the final four. This Tuesday and Wednesday, people are once again invited to visit the bank's Facebook page, @ClearviewFCU, and vote for their preferred charity group.The group goes head to head with Zellous Hope, a McKees Rocks nonprofit. If the local backpack program gets enough votes, they move on next week to the finals, where the winner will be awarded the $1,500 prize.With schools closed over the spread of the coronavirus, the program continues to deliver the additional meals to students' homes. Last week, Butler Area School District officials announced it would continue providing free meals to children while schools are closed.Parents or guardians of children under the age of 18 seeking the grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches are encouraged — but not required — to register by accessing the meal order form on the district's website.Additionally, the district's food service department is providing both meals for daily pickup between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at both Center Avenue Community School, located at 102 Lincoln Ave., or Emily Brittain Community Partnership and Demonstration School, located at 338 N. Washington St.