We donate week end snack packs to 1850 food insecure children each week in Hamilton County Schools. We are an all volunteer program. We solicit your help!
7745 East Brainerd Road
Chattanooga, TN
37421
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Our ministry was started 4 years ago after hearing about Hamilton County School Children being food insecure. The national average for food insecure people is 1 out of 5, but in Hamilton Co. the average is 1 out of 4. There are approximately 44,000 children in the Hamilton Co. Schools, so there are possibly 11,000 of those 44,000 who are food insecure. Our ministry has grown from 150 bags a week to 1850 bags a week for the 2018-2019 school year. We are currently serving 13 schools in Hamilton Co.
Our ministry is an all volunteer ministry with people from our church and from the community. We welcome people to come and set up the packing stations and pack with us. The bags are packed once a month on the first Wedn. of each month during the school year. The set up time will start at 9 a.m. (this is when the trucks unload and we take the food straight to the tables) and then at 6:30 pm. we will start packing the bags. The bags are stored and then they are delivered to each school on Thursdays. They are distributed to the students on Friday so they will have food for the week end.
The packing dates for the 2018-2019 school year are as follows: August 8, 2018 ** Sept. 5, 2018, Oct. 3, 2018, Nov. 7, 2018 , Dec. 5, 2018, Jan. 9, 2019 **, Feb. 6, 2019, March 6, 2019, April 3, 2019 and May 1, 2019. (note that Aug. 8, 2018 and Jan. 9, 2019 are the second Wedn)
We have helped additional churches start their own program, and we are willing to speak with other churches to help them get started. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in starting a program.
