SHUP Send Hunger Packing

Serving 42 schools throughout the County, our volunteers pack 1,800 weekend food bags for students to be sure they have nutritious food when not in school.

This contributes to an incremental 10,000 meal bags per month distributed to our Preschool and Community School families, among others. The SHUP program seeks to close the food gap for school-aged children and limit the effects of hunger on their education and development.

“When I picked up my children’s free school lunches last week, we were also given two extra bags of food from your food bank. My children and I were so happy to receive them. There were squeals of delight from my kids especially over the crunchy peanut butter, the jelly, the mac and cheese, and several other items. My seven-year-old started praying out loud, thanking God for the crunchy peanut butter as I was still unpacking, which was a bit surprising, but it’s a memory I’ll hold on to. Your generosity brought us much joy and has also helped us in a financially difficult time. Thank you so much.”

Send Hunger Packing Parent