Feed Our Children

Feed Our Children Feed Our Children is a community-based meal program that supplies food to close to 200 children in Spencer, Iowa who are at risk of weekend hunger.

Feed Our Children came into existence because some caring individuals were made aware of children in our local schools that were going hungry each weekend. As shocking as it is, there was even one incident of children rummaging through a garbage dumpster looking for food. Through the mutual cooperation of two different churches in Spencer, Feed Our Children became a tool to see that these children

at risk would be assured of food to sustain them through the weekend. Statistics show that hungry children have lower test scores, diminished learning capacity, increased behavioral problems and increased tardiness and absences. During the school week these children participate in the federal free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs, but when the weekend arrives they have no assurance that there will be anything for them to eat at home. Guidance counselors in the Spencer elementary schools identify the children at risk for weekend hunger. Each child that has been determined to be at risk receives enough food for four meals and two snacks each weekend. The items selected are nutritious, come in single servings and can be easily eaten with or without heating up in a microwave. The approximate cost is $6.00 per week for each child.

04/29/2022

Tune in to KICD this morning at 822 to hear me talk about our amazing program and how you can help! 💙

URGENT HELP NEEDED! We are down to the last month of school and Feed Our Children is short on funds!! To finish this yea...
04/14/2022

URGENT HELP NEEDED! We are down to the last month of school and Feed Our Children is short on funds!! To finish this year out (and have hope for next school year), we need your help! Groceries are expensive this year and donations are down. Please consider a donation to this awesome program! Any help is appreciated. Donations can be sent to:

Feed Our Children
c/o Living Word Outreach Ministries
905 10th Ave SE
Spencer, IA 51301

For questions about the program, please email: [email protected]

THANK YOU!!!

08/12/2021

Hey friends! I am in need of some volunteers this year again for Feed Our Children (Spencer's backpack program)!!

Specifically, I need a person or couple who can go into the closet and take inventory for me approximately every 3-4 weeks. My amazing couple that did it for years had to step down.

I also need:
- Wednesday night bag packers (on a 4 week rotation)
- Friday morning delivery drivers (on a 4-5 week rotation- must be able to lift and move totes)

Please let me know if you are interested! This is a fantastic program that helps so many families in our lovely town of Spencer! 💙

12/10/2020

Monetary donations are needed for Spencer's local backpack program, Feed Our Children. We pack and deliver almost 200 bags of food for the weekends to our kids in need at six different schools. Now, more than ever, the kids need us. Please consider giving this gift this holiday season. Thank you! Checks can be mailed or dropped off to:
Living Word Outreach Ministries
905 10th Ave SE
Spencer, IA 51301
OR
Hope Church
919 Grand Ave
Spencer, IA 51301

**Online giving coming soon!**

Dear community of Spencer, help is needed for our backpack food program!
08/18/2020

Dear community of Spencer, help is needed for our backpack food program!

08/11/2020

Interested in volunteering for this awesome program? Email me @ [email protected] and we'll get you plugged in! It takes so many working parts (aka volunteers) to do this and we need YOU!

05/31/2020

Big shout out to Pressed & Poiema Design - two small businesses right here in Spencer for their generous donations to Feed Our Children recently! It's amazing to me that even during this challenging time, our small businesses still have a heart for this community and support our program! Thanks again Pressed & Poiema Design - you are so important!

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919 Grand Avenue
Spencer, IA
51301

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