When schools close, more than 1 in 3 kids won’t have enough to eat this summer.
Just $50 ensures a child in BC has food for a week this summer.
When School’s Out, Kids Need Food They Can Count On
Give for the Summer
With school closed for the summer, many kids are left without enough food. Give today to help make sure they have enough to eat this summer.
Give a One-Time GiftGive All Year
When school’s out, kids lose the food they rely on. Join the Friday Club and give monthly to make sure they have food they can count on all year long.
Start A Monthly GiftWhen Schools Close, the Food Disappears
When school closes for the summer, the breakfasts and lunches many children receive at school disappear — along with the Backpack Buddies food they count on every Friday.
For families already struggling to make ends meet, this creates a two-month gap many children simply can’t escape. And for thousands of BC children, summer brings a constant question:
Will there be enough food today?
“The summer vacation is actually the hardest time for us.”
For families like Anne’s, the summer hunger gap is a reality they face every year.
Anne is a single mom raising two children. Like so many parents, she works hard and carefully budgets to make sure her kids have enough to eat.
During the school year, school meals and Backpack Buddies help make that possible.
But in the summer, everything becomes more difficult.
Anne’s income slows in July and August—but grocery costs don’t. When school closes, the meals her children rely on disappear.
For Anne, that means figuring out how to keep food on the table through the long summer months.
Anne’s family is far from alone.
Across BC, tens of thousands of children lose access to Backpack Buddies and school meals over the summer.
This is the gap Backpack Buddies is stepping in to fill.
Make Sure a Child Has Food All Summer
Your gift today helps put real food into the hands of a child who needs it — all summer long.
$50
Ensures a child has food for a week this summer
$200
Ensures a child has food for a month this summer
$400
Ensures a child has food all summer long
$800
Ensures two children have food every week all summer long
$1,200
Ensures three children have food every week all summer long
No matter the size, your gift makes a real difference.
When School’s Out, Backpack Buddies Steps In for BC Kids
When school’s out, the need for food doesn’t stop.
For years, Backpack Buddies has helped thousands of BC children get through the weekends with enough food.
Now, we’re stepping in for the summer too.
This summer, we’re launching our Schools Out program, so children receive the food they need when school is closed.
Working with school districts and community partners in BC, we are making sure children have food they can count on all summer long.
Each hamper includes meals, family staples, fresh fruit & veggies to help children return to school in September not one step behind.
When children have reliable food all summer, they return to school ready to learn, grow, and thrive.
Hunger doesn’t take the summer off. So when school’s out, Backpack Buddies steps in.
GIVE KIDS FOOD FOR THE SUMMER
Backpack Buddies acknowledges with gratitude that our work takes place on the traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
