Hope Packs

Hope Packs: Helping Children Struggling with Food Insecurity

In a school cafeteria, a teacher saw a young boy carefully wrapping some food and placing it in his backpack. She had to tell him that he wasn't allowed to do that. His response? I'm taking it home to my little brother who hasn't eaten today. Moved with compassion, the teacher contacted Midwest Food Bank to see if we could work together to help students struggling with food insecurity. Hope Packs, our student feeding program was born. Midwest Food Bank began distributing child-friendly food items to dedicated school volunteers. The volunteers would package it together in a bag to give to the students. Every Friday, at-risk youth would be given a bag of food to help them through the weekend.