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CHILDREN'S
FEEDING PROGRAM

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The objective of Children’s Feeding is to help alleviate childhood hunger by providing children with access to fresh, healthy, and warm meals in afterschool and summer programs.

Helping Children

South Plains Food Bank Children’s Feeding Program partners with various community sites to provide free meals and snacks to low income children.

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7-year-old Scarlet has a red dinosaur on her hand that talks. She’s very keen to remind anyone who asks that the dinosaur is a girl. “Her name is Fire Pack! And I have another one at home whose name is Ice Pack!” Scarlet exclaims, before running off to play with her friends. Scarlet and her mom, Susan, are at a summer meals site in Maine on a sunny, windy Tuesday. Susan is a single mom with three children, including Scarlett, a 5-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. She watches her daughter play and smiles. “This helps in 800 different ways,” she says. “The kids usually have breakfast and lunch at school but don’t during the summer.” Susan was working as a survivors advocate but recently lost her job. She’s hoping to get a new position quickly, but in the meantime the summer meals are helping fill the gap. “Just having this takes the pressure off my shoulders, even for just a minute. We fall into that middle ground where I was making just too much for SNAP but still struggling,” she says. The summer meals site works with the Good Shepherd Food Bank – and provides much more than food. It offers different activities for the kids every day, including yoga, nutrition education, a “water day” and more. Scarlet loves hanging out with her friends at the site – and her mom uses that time to apply for jobs. “At least they have this one meal,” Susan says, as Scarlet bounds back up to the picnic table with an apple, giggling and goofing off. “Look at those little happy food dances,” Susan says, as Scarlet hops around. “Oh my goodness, that’s nice to see.”

Financial Support

Children’s Feeding at South Plains Food Bank is funded 100% by charitable donations from businesses and individuals alike across the South Plains.

For more information about our Children’s Feeding Programs email [email protected]

mobile market

The Mobile Market Trailer initiative aims to empower families facing food insecurity by offering them the freedom to choose the items they need free of charge and without any questions asked.
By allowing individuals to select the items themselves, South Plains Food Bank emphasizes dignity and respect, acknowledging that every family’s dietary preference and restriction are unique.

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South Plains Food Bank
5605 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Lubbock, Texas 79404

Phone: 806-763-3003
Fax: 806-741-0850
Email: [email protected]

South Plains Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization.
EIN: 75-1904829. A Member of the Feeding America Network.
South Plains Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.

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