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Good food. Good health. Good future. It all adds up!

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In donating to Kids' Food Basket, you are supporting the future of West Michigan. The children we nourish now will be given the basis for a successful career and future. As a non-profit, our goal is to help young people learn and live well, any and all donations will be spent on fulfilling this purpose. If you are unable to offer a monetary donation, any amount of your time and effort is also greatly appreciated.

If interested in volunteering or donating, please contact Kids' Food Basket (Grand Rapids: 616.235.4532) or (Muskegon: 231.577.6532) or visit online kidsfoodbasket.org and follow the tabs.

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Everyday, over 175 volunteers come out to help pack and deliver over 6,000 Sack Suppers through Kids' Food Basket. Not only do volunteers help pack and deliver meals, but many hold food drives and decorate the brown paper bags in which the meals are delivered. Kids' Food Basket offers volunteer opportunities for families, individuals, and groups ages 5-95 with 25% of our volunteers coming from ages 18 and under. The only requirement we have is that those ages 5-16 be accompanied by an adult.

If you would like to volunteer offsite, we are always in need of helpers to run food and juice box drives, pack snacks and trail mix, decorate Sack Supper bags, and more. While these are our most popular activities, especially within our schools, our Kids Helping Kids program is great for groups geared toward children.

http://www.kidsfoodbasket.org/volunteer/volunteer

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Kids' Food Basket works around Grands Rapids and surrounding areas to decrease childhood hunger. Working through schools, our mission is to eliminate childhood hunger, and help give the children we help a strong base to become upstanding citizens. It is our mission to "feed the hungry" and "give drink to the thirsty" in order to uphold a Christian basis. We have been told "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." In this way, our helping of the youth in West Michigan fulfills this message in an example for all.

Matthew 25: 34-40

Then the king well say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,

naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'

Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'

And the king will say to them in reply, ' Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'

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More kids are experiencing poverty. Today, almost 43,000 children living in Kent and Muskegon Counties are food insecure.

Nutrition is the basis of brain development. The kids we serve today will lead our community tomorrow. We provide them with an important tool-a nutritious meal- to ensure they become healthy, self-sufficient adults.

Childhood hunger is a national priority that must be addressed at the grassroots. President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015. Through Kids' Food Basket, we can be sure we are helping to make this a reality for children in Kent and Muskegon Counties.

The schools we serve have an average student population in which 90% or more of students receive free or reduced lunches. Even with this requirement, we currently serve 32 sites, and there is a consistent demand for our services. We have a number of schools on our waiting list at any given time.

Sack Suppers are a critical part in successfully continuing our attack on childhood hunger!

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In 2001, Mary Ann Prisichenko, principal of Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Sibley School, had discovered some of her students digging through the trash looking for food to take home for dinner. She began seeking an organization that could help ensure her students received adequate nutrition after school. When Mary K. Hoodhood, a long-time volunteer with the local Meals on Wheels program, heard this story and others from school officials, she had to take action.

As it began, Kids' Food Basket fed 125 students throughout three schools; every weekday, these children received a meal from the Sack Supper program. Today, Kids' Food Basket serves 6,000 children at 32 sites throughout Grand Rapids and Muskegon. Everyday, over 175 community members volunteer to make and deliver the thousands of Sack Suppers. During the summer months, several hundred more children receive meals from Kids' Food Basket.