Our Mission
Agape Meals for Kids directly addresses childhood hunger and food insecurity faced by children on Long Island. We provide kid- friendly food packs to children identified at risk for hunger.
Our Purpose
We provide food insecure children with easy meals for times when they don’t receive school meals, such as weekends and holidays
Our Method
Every week, volunteers assemble ‘weekend bags’ consisting of 7 meals. On Friday mornings we deliver these to schools with high rates of food insecure children. At the end of the day, each at-risk student receives a bag before going home.
We Have Some Exciting News!
Agape Meals for Kids was selected to be the recipient of a $10,000 Neighborhood Grant from the Starbucks Foundation
We are excited to share some amazing news with you all!
Words cannot express how honored we feel to have been chosen for The Starbucks Foundation Neighborhood Grant. We owe a heartfelt thank you to the local Starbucks partners who went above and beyond to nominate us with such enthusiasm and support.
We’re humbled and privileged to be entrusted with this grant, which will be put to its best possible use: making sure that we can provide as many local children as possible with backpacks filled with food for the weekend. Our mission is to ensure that these children, who would otherwise go hungry over the weekends, have access to the food they need to thrive.
If you happen to be in a Starbucks within district 720, please take a moment to tell them thank you for supporting Agape Meals for Kids!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Why We Started
In the fall of 2021, we felt compelled to take action to address the very serious problem of local childhood hunger. Here on Long Island, there are around 70,000 children who fit the criteria for food insecurity at home.
The Plan
We formed Agape Meals for Kids to provide food for these children. Our plan is to provide backpacks with kid-friendly, easy-to-make, meals that food insecure children take home each Friday. On a Friday in December 2021, we delivered the first 137 weekend bags.
What we Know
Having food every day helps children learn better, experience less distress, and have a lower risk of illness. No child should have to experience the pain of hunger. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that these children can count on having food when they’re not in school. It allows them to better focus while in school, have a better quality of life, and have a chance at a better future.
Why We Started
In the fall of 2021, we felt compelled to take action to address the very serious problem of local childhood hunger. Here on Long Island, there are around 70,000 children who fit the criteria for food insecurity at home.
The Plan
We formed Agape Meals for Kids to provide food for these children. Our plan is to provide backpacks with kid-friendly, easy-to-make, meals that food insecure children take home each Friday. On a Friday in December 2021, we delivered the first 137 weekend bags.
What we Know
Having food every day helps children learn better, experience less distress, and have a lower risk of illness. No child should have to experience the pain of hunger. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that these children can count on having food when they’re not in school. It allows them to better focus while in school, have a better quality of life, and have a chance at a better future.
