Courtesy Photo Pictured, from left, are Bobby Barrigar of Farm Bureau, Tim Lee, principal of Alcona Elementary, Ann Eddinger, Alcona County Backpack Program organizer, and Liz Jekielek, an Agent Charitable Fund donor and Farm Bureau Insurance agent in Black River.

The Farm Bureau Insurance Agent Charitable Fund donated $5,000 to the Alcona County Backpack Program on Friday. There are about 90 kids in the program and each kid gets to take a pack full of food home to provide meals over the weekend. The program costs about $6,800 per year. The Robert Barrigar Agency, Farm Bureau Insurance, sponsored a ticket raffle to make up the rest. With 3,000 tickets sold, the money raised help surpass the amount needed to keep the program going for another year.