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10% of New Hampshire
is food insecure

with 13% of children struggling
with food insecurity

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Our Mission

Fueled By Kids is an organization committed
to ending childhood food insecurity.

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100% of your donation goes to
providing food for local kids

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You’re Invited to Celebrate 6 Years of Fueled by Kids!

Charmingfare Farm

774 High Street, Candia, NH 03034

Sunday, August 14, 2022

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: FARM ACTIVITIES
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner & Music

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How we help kids with food insecurity eat over weekends

Fueled By Kids provides weekend food bags each week to 950 students who are identified by school guidance counselors and social workers as likely to not have a guaranteed source of food over the weekend.

There are 67 hours between when these students receive lunch on Friday afternoon and when they receive breakfast on Monday morning through the National School Lunch Program.

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Fueled By Kids in the Community

Learn more about what Fueled By Kids does for the local community.

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How Fueled By Kids Helps

Fueled By Kids provides over 670 students who are identified by school guidance counselors and social workers as likely to not have a guaranteed source of food over the weekend.

There are 67 hours between when these students receive lunch on Friday afternoon and when they receive breakfast on Monday morning through the National School Lunch Program.

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Summer Program

As a way to further grow our program, we are now continuing to serve about 700 children through the entire summer. In the past, we have done a smaller summer program that served 150 children for only six weeks through a summer camp held at a few of the schools. This summer, we have been asked to provide about 700 bags each week, which we gladly accepted! Being able to provide our services throughout the summer has always been a goal of ours, and it feels fantastic to be able to achieve it this summer!

The Effect of Food Insecurity on Children

Food Insecurity among children is a national issue and while New Hampshire has the sixth lowest rate of food insecurity nationally, it has devastating affects on the children who suffer from it.

Not having proper nutrition can affect the child’s growth and development; these children often have increased hospitalizations, iron deficiency, and overall worse health. But beyond the physical food insecurity can affect their behavior and success in school with an increase in disorders like aggression, anxiety, and ADD.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that 0.8% or 584,000 children, lacked the resources to eat sufficient, regular meals, experienced very low food security and the number is increasing.

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In 2020, 38.3 million people lived in households that were food-insecure at some point during the year, and some experienced the most severe level of need, where food intake is reduced and regular eating patterns are disrupted.

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6.1 million children in 2020 lived in households that lacked the means to get enough nutritious food on a regular basis. As a result, they struggled with hunger at some time during the year.

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What People Are Saying

As a teenager who has been fortunate enough to always have a guaranteed supply of food, being made aware of the locality of this phenomenon was shocking. I have always been interested in the field of education, so it was a blessing when my best friend informed me of not only this opportunity to educate other teenagers about how they can help but to physically go in and deliver food as well. Everyone involved from kids to teachers to administrators are always so grateful; this program really does change lives.

Isabell Amherst, NH
Food insecurity was never an issue for me or my family. While I knew some children struggled with this, I never thought about how I could help and make a difference. Fueled By Kids is a great organization that is actively trying to make a difference in the lives of local children.

Oliver Concord, NH

Letter From Kate

Can you imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from?

We hope you can join us for a really fun day that has a direct benefit for kids in Manchester who rely on our help each week! We began providing 65 bags a week at one school but have grown to now serve over 850 kids at 21 Manchester schools, and we already have plans to add another school in the fall.

Our amazing growth has been the product of school guidance counselors and principals communicating with each other about the great results their kids have experienced and reaching out to us to help more children from new schools. We have amazing volunteers who help us to pack and deliver the bags each week but the most difficult part about Fueled By Kids is finding the money to buy the food each week. There are always more children right here in Manchester, NH that could benefit from our help and we don’t want to say no to any of them (and haven’t yet).

Each bag we deliver on Fridays costs a little over $5, which means it costs about $200 to feed a child for the school year and about $50 for the summer.

For this school year alone, we delivered 32,494 bags of food! People ask what happens after the school year has come to a close, and we are excited to announce that this year we have paired up with the Summer Program runs through the Manchester school district! This allows us to provide weekend bags to children attending the summer programs at the Manchester schools! This wouldn’t be possible without all of our amazing volunteers who take time out of their summer to help us pack and deliver these bags. Please come to our event so we can continue on our mission to end childhood food insecurity, we cannot do it without your support!

I can’t wait to see you there!

Letter from Joe

Can you imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from? We hope you can join us for a really fun day that has a direct benefit for kids in Manchester who rely on our help each week! We began providing 65 bags a week for children at one school but have now grown to serve over 600 children each week at 21 public schools in Manchester.

Our amazing growth has been the product of school guidance counselors and principals communicating with each other about the great results their kids have experienced and reaching out to us to help more children from new schools. Due to Covid-19 we have expanded our program to reach more schools and also provided bags all summer whereas previously we only had a small summer program.

We have amazing volunteers who help us to pack and deliver the bags each week but the most difficult part about Fueled by Kids is finding the money to buy the food each week. There are always more children right here in Manchester, NH that could benefit from our help and we don’t want to say no to any of them (and haven’t yet), while continuing to feed the children we have already committed to help for the year. Each bag we deliver on Fridays costs about $5, which means each child we feed costs about $200 per school year and $50 for the summer.

For this school year alone, we will have delivered 27,480 bags of food! Please come to our event so that we can continue on our mission to end childhood food insecurity, we cannot do it without your support! I can’t wait to see you there!

– Joe