Food Packs for Kids
Feeding Hearts, Fueling Futures
Every child deserves to thrive. Our Food Pack Program ensures kids don’t go hungry over weekends and breaks—providing consistent, caring support when it’s needed most.
Our vision is to provide high calorie meals to food insecure children in Hillsborough County. We work with Hillsborough County Schools and social workers, as well as county led programs, domestic violence shelters and charter schools to provide weekend meals for children throughout the school year and summer.
Every week, we need enough food to feed 655 children. This costs about $3 per bag per child and takes A LOT of coordination to make sure that everything is packed and delivered.
Packing takes place on Thursday evenings beginning at 6:00 pm at 9008 Harney Road (Hillsborough United Methodist Church)
Since restarting Food Packs for Kids with Mind Over Matter we have impacted the lives of hundreds of children. In September of 2024 we began with 1 school and 26 children. By then end of 2024 we were serving 500 children at 8 schools and a Domestic Violence Shelter.
As of April 1, 2025, we have added another county program making our total 655 bags per week.
We served 16,686 bags to students in the 2024/2025 school year!
- Provides weekend meals for children facing food insecurity
- Distributed discreetly through local schools
- Includes kid-friendly, shelf-stable, and nutritious items
- Supported by volunteers and donations
No Child Should Worry About Their Next Meal
We partner with local schools and families to discreetly provide nourishing weekend food packs—empowering children to learn, grow, and flourish.
