Every gift you purchase helps feed a child in need.

We are partnered with Feeding America certified food banks across the US who help supply food-insecure children with weekend food bags. Each time you purchase a That’s Caring gift, we send funds to one of our partner food banks for the weekend bag program. Each food bank then creates the weekend bags and works directly with the schools who hand out the bags with care and discretion.

The bags are distributed discretely to avoid drawing attention to a child in a delicate home situation. Bag in hand, each child goes home with enough food to eat comfortably for the entire weekend until he or she is back in school and able to receive school-provided meals.

Each weekend bag includes products hand picked by child nutritionists that can stay fresh throughout the weekend. Items such as granola bars, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, macaroni and cheese, juice boxes, and pudding are enjoyed by the kids and give them the sustenance they need.

Hunger Fact

13 million kids in the US live in food insecure households.

Why weekend bags?

Often times, for a child in a food-insecure household, the only meal he or she receives is one provided by his or her school. When that child goes home for the weekend, though, he or she no longer has that guaranteed daily meal. A weekend bag ensures that hungry children in our area have the fuel they need to:

Be active. Kids in food-insecure households struggle with energy levels. Without the proper nutrition, children don’t have what they need to be active . A simple weekend bag could mean the difference between a sick child and a healthy one.

Do homework. When anyone goes without sustenance for long enough, all tasks become a struggle. Children in food-insecure households have trouble focusing on homework assignments, papers and projects. Their imaginations suffer, and so does their ability to learn. The nutrition in these weekend bags lead to greater focus and attention on schoolwork.

Gain confidence. Many children feel insecure when they’re not given enough to eat. Confidence levels drop and development is affected. But, when a child has enough food to not only last through the day but also to keep up relationships with peers, he or she gains confidence and starts to interact more with others.

Where we give.

While food insecurity is an epidemic felt around the world, hunger statistics in the U.S. alone are alarming. We have partnered with the following Feeding America partner food banks and plan to add more each year until we end the hunger epidemic.

 

Northern Illinois Food Bank
35,942
Weekend bags (215,652 meals)
Food Bank of NE Georgia
8,322
Weekend bags (49,932 meals)
North Texas Food Bank
7,079
Weekend bags (42,474 meals)
LA Regional Food Bank
8,069
Weekend bags (48,414 meals)
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
994
Weekend bags (5,964 meals)
Capital Area Food Bank
7,229
Weekend bags (43,374 meals)
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
3,048
Weekend bags (18,288 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank Charlotte
1,531
Weekend bags (9,186 meals)
Lowcountry Food Bank, Charleston
1,521
Weekend bags (9,126 meals)
Community Harvest of NE Indiana
431
Weekend bags (2,586 meals)
Eastern Illinois Food Bank
243
Weekend bags (1,458 meals)
Feeding American Eastern Wisconsin
1,125
Weekend bags (6,750 meals)
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
328
Weekend bags (1,968 meals)
Kierra's Kids of Springfield
33
Weekend bags (198 meals)
Peoria Area Food Bank
70
Weekend bags (420 meals)
Local Schools
538
Weekend bags (3,228 meals)
Food Bank of the Rockies
5,628
Weekend bags (33,768 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank NW NC
130
Weekend bags (780 meals)
Kansas Food Bank
61
Weekend bags (366 meals)
Central Texas Food Bank
7
Weekend bags (42 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank
60
Weekend bags (360 meals)
Feeding America West Michigan
4
Weekend bags (24 meals)
Central Illinois Food Bank
61
Weekend bags (366 meals)
Greater Chicago Food Depository
313
Weekend bags (1,878 meals)
River Bend Food Bank
152
Weekend bags (912 meals)
Gleaners Community Food Bank
1,191
Weekend bags (7,146 meals)
Team Rubicon
42
Weekend bags (252 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana
35
Weekend bags (210 meals)
Terre Haute Catholic Charities
28
Weekend bags (168 meals)
Second Harvest Southern Wisconsin (Madison)
141
Weekend bags (846 meals)
Foodbank of Northwest Indiana
1
Weekend bags (6 meals)

Thanks to you we've provided 84,205 weekend bags so far. That's over 505,230 meals.

Every gift sold helps feed a child in need. That's Caring.

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