AIM's Summer Food for Kids program, which attempts to make sure no child struggles with hunger during the summer months, needs the community's help. To run this program, AIM relies on sponsors. It costs AIM $150 per site per week. The entire program for the summer will cost $12,000.
AIM believes in helping the whole family with basic needs and food is a basic need and that no child should go hungry when school releases for the summer, a time when many children go without meals. Families relying on free and reduced priced meals for their children during the school year face demands on their budget when children are home in the summer. School districts provide summer meals in some areas, but those with transportation issues can’t get there.
The Summer Food for Kids program was established to meet the children where they are. Each Friday during summer break, the AIM Hunger Ministries staff and volunteers distribute weekend food bags to 9 low-income housing complexes. The bags include two lunchables, fresh fruit, juice, snacks and breakfast items in the hopes that this sustains them through the weekend.
For more information or to donate to the program, visit AIM.