Program 02 of 03
Every Friday · School year
Photo · Joel Muniz
Program 02
Frisco Lovepacs.
Weekend hunger is the part nobody talks about. Every Friday during the school year, we send 156+ families home with meals to get them to Monday.
The problem
School lunch covers Monday through Friday.
For many students, school is where they reliably eat. That means Friday afternoon is the start of a long, hungry weekend. Our pack program closes that gap.
156+
families currently enrolled in the pack program
$25
covers one student's weekend meals for a month
36
weekends per school year — September through May
How a pack gets to a family.
Monday
School counselors flag need
Counselors identify families confidentially. We never see names.
Wednesday
Volunteers pack
Shelf-stable meals, fruit, a treat. Two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners.
Friday
Quiet hand-off
Packs go home in student backpacks. No assembly, no spotlight.