P.O. Box 674
Bedford, VA 24523
United States
Food insecurity for children is a sad reality in our country. Bedford County continues to be one of the highest free lunch districts in Virginia. We supply bags of food for the weekend that contain approximately six kid friendly meals and assorted snacks. This program started in 2010at Body Camp Elementary School, which had one of the highest rates of reduced free lunch percentages in the county. After this school was closed in 2015, we incorporated our program so that we could follow these students to two other schools: Huddleston and Moneta Elementary. Due to increasing need we continued to add additional schools: Goodview Elementary (2016), Montvale Elementary (2018) Stewartsville Elementary (2023) and Bedford Primary and Bedford Elementary (2024). We are currently packing and distributing approximately 700 bags every week of the school year. Our packing room is located in Downtown Moneta; wherein we store our food purchases and pack the bags weekly. Volunteers calculate and place food orders monthly, a team of drivers transports the food to us. Other volunteers manage inventory, stock supplies, pack the items in an organized assembly line. Drivers transport the bags to the schools each week for distribution to the children. We are 100% volunteer and relay solely on grants and both private and civic organization donations.
- Our estimated cost to support one child is $10 a week.
- We serve approximately 700 children per week.
- We are 100% volunteer and rely on grants and donations to make this all happen.