Summer Harvest for Kids

40 percent of people served by Second Harvest Heartland are children. And while many of these children receive free or reduced-price lunches during the school year, they are left with little or no food when school lets out for the summer.

To bring awareness to the prevalence of child hunger, Second Harvest Heartland has teamed up with Hope for the City and the Emergency Food Shelf Network to support 5 Eyewitness News Summer Harvest for Kids campaign. Throughout the summer KSTP will broadcast stories that show the changing face of hunger and will hold phone banks to raise money for lunch programs. They will also feature events happening in the community that support hunger relief.

To learn about what Second Harvest Heartland is doing to fight childhood hunger this summer:

• Click here to learn more about the Summer Food Service Program. By partnering with state, community and corporate partners, this program helps bring more meals to more kids—projecting to support nearly one million meals this summer.
• Click here to learn how you can Share Your Lunch this summer. This collaborative campaign collects cash and food donations to help children, working families and seniors who don't have enough to eat.

Through the support of the community, every child facing hunger can have the summer they are supposed to: happy, healthy and free from hunger.