You would never believe how many children are going hungry on weekends and when school is not in session, in our own back yards.
The numbers were shocking and until now, local foodbanks would allow for some students to receive weekend food while others not. What do we mean? Let’s say a family has 3 children in elementary school. While a small amount of children are “chosen” anonymously, one sibling might receive the food support on weekends, while the other two might not. This didn’t make sense to us. All children that are identified by the school should receive the support.
We have set up Young Children’s Charities to be the extra helping hand these children need. We were blown away when we realized just how inexpensive it actually takes to feed these children. This November/December we will be making baskets for families of up to 6 people for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We will also be providing meals for these children the week off for Thanksgiving and the two weeks off at Christmas. We will also be sponsoring part of the Angel Tree at Carolina Park Elementary with gas cards and Walmart gift cards for additional food, cleaning supplies, diapers, how ever they’d like to spend it.
Starting in January, we will be suppling these children with weekly weekend food. Through the end of the calendar year we will also be supplying food the days off for holidays and teacher work days, including the week the children have off for spring break. Until now, these have never been days these children had food coming to them. We aren’t stopping with the school calendar year. We have started digging and realized that summer is another time of need. We are in the process of creating summer meal programs and will release details in February.
We have lots of sponsorship opportunities and everything helps! While these are the suggested amounts, no amount is too little or too big. We appreciate your help in any way you can give it. Starting in January we will have volunteer opportunities for packing weekly/monthly food for families.
How you can help
Your donation will help feed a family of 6 this holiday season. Recipients will receive a basket of food for a complete holiday meal.
Your donation will feed a child on the 4 weeks off during the school year including Thanksgiving, Christmas and spring break.
Your donation will feed a child every weekend of the school year, as well as the teacher work days and other 3 day weekends. A complete day of food comes to $2.27 a day.
Your donation will feed a child the entire school year including holidays, days off, school breaks and angel tree.
Your donation will feed 2 children the entire school year, including holidays, breaks. Two donations to angel tree will be made.
Your donation will feed 5 children the entire school year, including holidays, breaks. Two donations to angel tree will be made.