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
23,568
Weekend bags (141,408 meals)
Food Bank of NE Georgia
3,137
Weekend bags (18,822 meals)
North Texas Food Bank
2,052
Weekend bags (12,312 meals)
LA Regional Food Bank
2,696
Weekend bags (16,176 meals)
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
994
Weekend bags (5,964 meals)
Capital Area Food Bank
1,837
Weekend bags (11,022 meals)
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
2,201
Weekend bags (13,206 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank Charlotte
1,529
Weekend bags (9,174 meals)
Lowcountry Food Bank, Charleston
1,371
Weekend bags (8,226 meals)
Community Harvest of NE Indiana
318
Weekend bags (1,908 meals)
Eastern Illinois Food Bank
192
Weekend bags (1,152 meals)
Feeding American Eastern Wisconsin
942
Weekend bags (5,652 meals)
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
297
Weekend bags (1,782 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
558
Weekend bags (3,348 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank NW NC
124
Weekend bags (744 meals)
Kansas Food Bank
61
Weekend bags (366 meals)
Central Texas Food Bank
6
Weekend bags (36 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank
27
Weekend bags (162 meals)
Feeding America West Michigan
4
Weekend bags (24 meals)
Central Illinois Food Bank
35
Weekend bags (210 meals)
Greater Chicago Food Depository
313
Weekend bags (1,878 meals)
River Bend Food Bank
97
Weekend bags (582 meals)
Gleaners Community Food Bank
1,075
Weekend bags (6,450 meals)
Team Rubicon
42
Weekend bags (252 meals)
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana
27
Weekend bags (162 meals)

Thanks to you we've provided 42,455 weekend bags so far. That's over 254,732 meals.

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

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