Stories

As back-to-school season nears, families like Katrina’s and Kim’s face daily financial struggles. Limited resources force tough choices to provide for their children’s needs.

Proper nutrition is crucial for children’s education as it impacts brain development and learning. Feed the Children’s Food and Essentials Hubs program, with significant updates in 2023, aims to tackle hunger’s effects on classroom performance and support kids’ well-being.

Annika’s life is a constant juggling act – working long hours, cycling to save on gas, and sacrificing meals to pay bills. As a single mother, she faces the heart-wrenching reality of food insecurity, a challenge shared by many in similar situations.

Amidst the scorching temperatures of summer 2023, American families are facing tough choices – paying bills or buying food. With SNAP benefits reduced and grocery prices soaring, parents are struggling to afford enough food, impacting their children’s well-being and education. Discover the challenges these families are enduring and how we can come together to ensure a brighter future for these food-insecure kids.

School supply lists have items like pencils, paper, glue, markers and notebooks – all the tools a child needs to be successful in school. But something important is missing. Students need food to perform their best in class.

Feed the Children recently launched a pilot program in Oklahoma City called Summer Feed and Read, in partnership with the Metropolitan Library System. We talked with Rondia Banks, a long-time librarian at one of the library system’s locations and learned about her passion for literacy and why food plays an important role in learning.

Hunger hits hard in Georgia. One in seven children in the state faces food insecurity. To make matters worse, many residents in low-income areas lack access to grocery stores and supermarkets.

There’s never been a question about Tamara Sandberg’s future. She knew early on that she’d work for a non-profit organization. And it would be one that focuses on hunger relief. “I just think it’s unacceptable that in one of the richest nations in the world that anybody would go to bed without the food they need. So, that’s been my passion.”

It’s only 7:00 am, but the YMCA gymnasium in Bethany, Oklahoma, is already buzzing with activity. “We know that, right here in Oklahoma County, it’s estimated that 37,000 children don’t always have enough access to the nutritious food they need to thrive and succeed,”

It’s a rainy day in Clarksville, Tennessee. Despite the cloud cover and raindrops, there’s excitement in the air. Today, military families will receive food, household essentials and much more.