An experienced educational professional, Dr. Shirley Miles currently works to help education institutions improve classroom instruction and increase student achievement as a senior consultant with Focal Point, LLC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Outside of her activities at Focal Point, Dr. Shirley Miles supports the work of several organizations, including the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, a nonprofit group that provides food to those in need throughout 31 Colorado counties.

2. An experienced educational professional, Dr.
Shirley Miles currently works to help education
institutions improve classroom instruction and
increase student achievement as a senior
consultant with Focal Point, LLC, in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Outside of her activities at Focal
Point, Dr. Shirley Miles supports the work of several
organizations, including the Care and Share Food
Bank for Southern Colorado, a nonprofit group that
provides food to those in need throughout 31
Colorado counties.

3. In pursuit of its mission to combat hunger in southern Colorado
communities, Care and Share oversees several assistance
programs focused on children and families. One of the
organization’s main programs, Send Hunger Packing, provides
weekend supplies of food to students and families from low-income
households.
Throughout the school year, students selected for the Send
Hunger Packing program are given a backpack full of food on
Fridays and days before holidays. The backpacks contain
enough nutritious, non-perishable food items to provide seven
meals for three to four people. In addition to reducing weekend
hunger, the program helps increase nutritional awareness,
decrease nutrition-related health problems, and improve school
performance.

4. There were 38 sites across Colorado that
were enrolled in Send Hunger Packing
during the 2013-14 school year. The demand
for the program remains high, and there is
currently a waiting list for schools and other
institutions that wish to become involved. To
learn more about Send Hunger Packing or to
find out how to sponsor a participating
student visit www.careandshare.org.