Summer is a time when children are most active – and hungry – and we want to be sure they have even more fresh food to grow and thrive.

While free school lunches are offered in the summer, due to family schedules, less than 50% of families in our communities are able to bring their children to a meals site to eat lunch. When we spoke with families with children, we heard parents say, “My kids are so hungry in the summer that they need to eat something after they get home even if they eat a school meal.” The parents who receive our summer lunch bags peek inside and often smile. We have heard them say, “My kids will LOVE this food — it’s all fresh and good! I can pack their lunch for them to go to day camp and know they will eat all of it.”

In the summer every family with children will receive:

• Two Half gallons of milk (whole and chocolate)

• A package of fresh sandwich rolls

• Sliced cheese (1 lb.)

• Sliced deli turkey or ham (1 lb.)

• Fruit yogurts (Chobani is a favorite!)

• Fresh fruit (3 lbs.)

We buy all of this food from local wholesale suppliers.

If you want to jumpstart our 2026 No Child Hungry Summer Lunch Program with a donation match, grant or sponsorship, please contact our Executive Director.