End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County, Ohio

09/01/2026

As we get ready for the 2026–2027 school year, we wanted to share that……

End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County is celebrating our 12th year of supporting kids in our community!

You might be wondering when we plan to start our deliveries. We’re hoping to begin distributing our food bags by the end of September. Life has definitely been “lifeing,” lately (as the kids say 😂) but we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to get everything ready. Soon, we’ll be back to providing nutritious, tasty food bags to area schools for children who need a little extra support over the weekend.

Stay tuned! We’ll be sharing our official start date with everyone soon.

Thank you for continuing to support our mission, and the kids of Lake County. We’re so excited for another year!
Meredith & Tracy 💛

08/01/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Carver Financial Services for once again choosing End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County as the beneficiary of your annual Client Appreciation Event! Your partnership, generosity, and ongoing support of our mission have made you a true champion for local school children who face food insecurity. We are so thankful to have you standing beside us!

And, thank you Carver clients who donated food and made monetary contributions. Your generosity provides an invaluable start to the new school year, helping us fill our shelves so we can support children from day one.

07/25/2026

TUESDAY, July 28Th!!

FREE Fresh produce!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1643362094459738&id=100063578890606

Please share our upcoming Food Market dates…our next one is July 28th.

06/23/2026

FREE FOOD BAGS AVAILABLE

End 68 Hours of Hunger has leftover nonperishable food bags from the school year, and we are giving them away FREE to families or individuals in our community.

Thursday, June 25
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: 1223 Mentor Ave., Painesville (Same plaza as the Giant Eagle)

✅ Free to anyone
✅ No age requirements
✅ No income or other eligibility requirements
✅ Open to all Lake County residents

Food bags will vary and not all bags are the same. Bags will include some (but not all) of the following: cereal, oatmeal, Pop-Tarts, granola bars, snacks, canned pasta, macaroni and cheese, ramen, soup, and other nonperishable foods.

Supplies are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please share this post to help us reach those who may benefit!

05/20/2026

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County was selected by the Raymond James Charitable Board of Trustees to receive a grant for the 2026 funding cycle of the Raymond James Charitable Grant Initiative!

As a partner with Raymond James Financial, Raymond James Charitable is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to strategically invest in the communities it serves. This incredible grant of $22,500 will be used to purchase food for the 2026–2027 school year, helping us continue feeding local children who depend on our program.

For community organizations like ours, donations like this truly change lives. We don’t sit on large reserves or extra funding — every dollar that comes in goes right back out into feeding kids in our community. We rely on the generosity of donors, grants, and community support to keep our shelves stocked and our program running.
Because of this incredible gift, we can continue making sure local children have access to food for another year. That security means everything to us and to the families we serve.

To the Raymond James Charitable Board of Trustees — thank you for believing in our mission and investing in the children and families in Lake County. Your generosity will have a lasting impact on our community.

♥️ We are beyond grateful. ♥️

Meredith & Tracy

https://www.raymondjamescharitable.org/grant-initiative

05/19/2026

As we wrap up another school year, we want to send a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who supports End 68 Hours of Hunger Lake County. Yesterday marked our final food delivery of the 2025/26 school year and the completion of our 11th year serving children in our community.

None of this would be possible without YOU.

Thank you to every volunteer who gives their time to pack bags, organize supplies, shop, deliver, and help wherever needed. Thank you to those who donate food, make monetary contributions, donate services, host drives, and support us behind the scenes. Thank you to everyone who shares our posts, spreads awareness, and encourages others to get involved.

Every act of kindness matters. Every donation, every shared post, every hour volunteered helps us continue making sure local children have food for the weekends. Your support is what keeps us going year after year, and we are so grateful for this amazing community.

We are proud to be entering our 12th year and will be back packing bags and delivering food again in the fall, beginning in mid-September.

Until then, thank you for believing in our mission and helping us make a difference in the lives of Lake County children. ❤️

05/11/2026

FINAL DELIVERY OF THE 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR

Monday, May 18th will be our final delivery for the 2025/2026 school year.

We would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has supported End 68 Hours of Hunger this year — whether through food or monetary donations, doubling bags, packing food bags, donating services, spreading the word about us, volunteering as delivery drivers, or sharing a post. Your kindness and generosity make our mission possible.

We truly could not do what we do without our amazing volunteers and supporters. End 68 Hours of Hunger exists because of each and every one of you, and for that we are incredibly grateful.

We hope everyone has a safe, relaxing, and wonderful summer. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall!

Meredith & Tracy

05/04/2026

For those of you who may not know, I worked for Progressive Insurance for 20 years before leaving and starting this organization.
I always look forward to seeing old friends when groups from Progressive come to volunteer their time with us.
💙💙💙

04/25/2026

We are incredibly grateful to the Kirtland Community of Christ for hosting a delicious pancake breakfast on our behalf this April! 🥞

Thank you to everyone who helped prepare, cook, serve, attend, and support us through your generous donations.

Together, $825 was raised!

04/13/2026

Thank you once again to Moving Ahead Services for coming to our rescue! We had an order that needed to be picked up and delivered, and their team handled everything seamlessly from start to finish.

With just one email, they scheduled the delivery exactly when we needed it and took care of all the logistics—arriving right on time and completing the entire pickup and delivery in less than an hour!

Your support means so much to us. The time, effort, and costs you save our organization allow us to focus more of our resources on feeding children in our community—and that makes a huge impact.

A special thank you to Jeff, Sean, and the entire team for your reliability, generosity, and for always being so wonderful to work with. We truly appreciate you!