FOOD FOR KIDS PROGRAM

Can you imagine going home to no food or snacks?  20 percent of New Mexico’s children regularly miss meals with over 27.5 percent of children in New Mexico living below poverty.  More than half of New Mexican children are eligible for free and reduced lunches yet have nothing to eat over the weekend and holidays.

Roadrunner Food Bank’s innovative Food For Kids program is designed for elementary school-aged children and their younger siblings who otherwise would go without food over the weekend. Each week, the Food for Kids Program sends home backpacks filled with kid-friendly, nutritious foods to over 3,100 children a week in 35 area low-income schools.  We estimate that there are more than 9,000 Albuquerque area children who could benefit from this program.  This pioneering program developed by Roadrunner Food Bank has been adopted by many other Food Banks across the nation.

For every $1.00 you donate, we can buy $9 in food for these children to take home.

For every $200.00 you donate, we can send another child home with a backpack for a whole year.

Won’t you help us fight child hunger?

For more information about Roadrunner Food Bank’s Food For Kids program, contact Art Fine, Director of Programs, at 505-247-2052 ext 124 or send him an EMAIL.

Because . . .

            The Most Essential School Supply Is FOOD!