Almost 50% of Brevard County students participate

in the free and reduced-price lunch program at school!

The National average is 17%!

Some local elementary schools have more than 80% of their kids

on the program with many at risk of hunger and malnutrition.

Here is how our program works:

Each Friday, kids who we can afford to help get food to carry home in their backpack.  Food items include, for example, ravioli, Vienna sausage, milk, juice, applesauce, raisins, cereal and other similar food items.

This food is kid-friendly meaning it is lightweight and easy for the kids to handle since no cooking is required.  On Monday the kids return to school with a better and healthier foundation for learning.  Then the cycle begins again the next Friday.

At least on weekends, “our” kids have basic nutrition

Schools provide a free breakfast plus a healthy lunch.

However, many children who are eligible for a free lunch at school

are going hungry on weekends

The Children’s Hunger Project addresses the issue of malnutrition and weekend hunger with food packages.  These food packages provide the foundation for learning and proper cognitive development of the brain.

Learn more at: http://www.thechildrenshungerproject.org/