Project Hunger

07/26/2026

If you have a child looking for volunteer hours for graduation or if you’re looking for something to do this afternoon in the air conditioning at 2:30 we will be taking down the can sculptures and extra hands make for light work. Please come out and join us. 

07/23/2026

It’s Fair Time! 🎡🌽🥫

Be sure to stop by the Hall County Fair Aurora Coop Pavilion and cast your vote for your favorite canned food sculpture!

Project Hunger is proud to sponsor the annual Canned Food Sculpture Contest, where local organizations turn ordinary cans into extraordinary creations. You won’t want to miss the creativity on display!

Best of all, every can makes a difference. Once the fair wraps up, all canned food will be donated to the Salvation Army Food Pantry, helping provide meals for families in our community.

Come enjoy the fair and vote for your favorite sculpture!

Hall County Fair
Bosselman Enterprises
Abundant Life
GRAND ISLAND LITTLE THEATRE
First Presbyterian Church of Grand Island, NE
Third City Christian Church
Grand Island Public Schools
GIPS Eats

07/23/2026

Project Hunger's sculpture contest continues today at the Hall County Fair. The cans used to make the sculptures will be donated to food pantries across Hall County. Learn how you can vote for your favorites by clicking on the link in the comments.

07/21/2026

Our community and church groups are hard at work! Any guesses on what they will create?

Project Hunger
Hall County Fair

07/17/2026

The countdown is on for the Project Hunger Can Sculpture Event at the Hall County Fair and we can't wait to see what our talented community teams have dreamed up!

This year's sculptures will be created by:
⭐ Hall County Fair Board
⭐ Abundant Life
⭐ Grand Island Public Schools GIPS Eats
⭐ Bosselman Enterprises
⭐ Third City Christian Church
⭐ First Presbyterian Church of Grand Island, NE
⭐ Project Hunger

Will it be a farm animal? A fair favorite? A Nebraska landmark? Something completely unexpected? You'll have to stop by the Aurora Coop Pavillion during the fair to find out!

Even better, every can used in the sculptures will be donated to
The Salvation Army-Grand Island, Nebraska Food Pantry after the fair, turning creativity into meals for families in our community.

See you next week at the fair!

07/01/2026

06/02/2026

Menu for June - free meals for ages 1-18

05/31/2026

Free meals for children ages 1-18

Our FREE Summer Meals Program starts tomorrow!

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Free breakfast and lunch will be available to children ages 1 to 18 years old (regardless of their enrollment in GIPS) starting on Monday, June 1st, 2026 at locations across the district.

Free meals will be available at the following locations:

🍎 - Dodge Elementary - June 1st - July 17th (breakfast available in June; and lunch)

🍎 - Howard Elementary - June 1st - June 26th (lunch only)

🍎 - Shoemaker Elementary - June 1st - June 26th (breakfast available in June; and lunch)

🍎 - Starr Elementary - June 1st - July 17th (lunch only)

🍎 - Stolley Park Elementary - June 1st - June 25th (breakfast only)

🍎 - West Lawn Elementary - June 1st - July 17th (breakfast available in June; and lunch)

🍎 - Grand Island Senior High - June 1st - June 27th (breakfast only)

Breakfast will be available in June on Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. at all locations (Shoemaker will run until 8:15 a.m. in June).

Lunch will be available on Mondays through Fridays from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at most locations.

For more information, visit the link below:

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www.gips.org/summer

05/25/2026

Project Hunger will be serving a meal today at the Salvation Army from 12 to 1 PM