Every day across our community nearly 16,000 school children are eligible for free or reduced lunch from their schools. The loss of these meals during the summer months presents an immense challenge to parents who are already squeezing every penny out of their budgets. In addition to budgeting to replace these meals, many parents must also find a way to pay for daycare. These stresses make it harder for families to be able to pay their rent or mortgage, threatening them with homelessness.

To address this need and prevent children from going hungry Hopelink created the End Summer Hunger campaign, which mobilizes schools, churches, businesses, and individuals to ensure our foodbanks can meet the increased needs we face during the summer.

Please organize a food or coin drive with your church, business, school, or group of friends and help Hopelink prevent local children from going hungry this summer.

Even if you can’t organize a drive you can still donate to support area families!

Thank you to our 2011 sponsors: