Programs & Services

Child Feeding Programs

Kids Cafe Information 

Kids Cafe is a national program of Feeding America that provides nutritious meals for children who may otherwise go to bed hungry. Harvest Hope Food Bank provides food for Kids Cafe while each site provides a safe nurturing afterschool program. Kids Cafe is an after-school program that offers tutoring, nutrition education, mentoring, and nutritious meals to children at risk of hunger.  Kids who attend the Kids Cafe Sites must attend school where there is a 50% or higher free and reduced lunch rate.

 

The Backpack Program provides children at-risk of hunger with food to take home over the weekends and out-of-school times. Backpacks or other containers are stocked with nutritious, child-friendly, easy-to-prepare food.  They are typically distributed on Fridays or the last day the children attend the site for the week.

 

 

 

SnackSack  Program

SnackSacks is a program designed to meet the needs of hungry children in local elementary and middle schools. Harvest Hope Food Bank supplies participating schools with food and backpacks, and school personnel identified chronically hungry children. Prior to every weekend and holiday break, the SnackSack coordinator at each school send participating children home with a backpack filled with nutritious food. The food is child friendly (e.g. easy to open), non perishable, easily consumed and vitamin fortified. The children returned the backpacks each week to be refilled.  Each school provides a program coordinator and storage area for pre-filled backpacks.  Funding has to be secured before site a can be added.

If your organization is interested in becoming a Kids Cafe please call 803-254-4432 ext. 1116 or fill out the Interested Sites Application Form.

If you or your organization are interested in supporting the Kids Cafe program, please call 803-254-4432 ext. 1116.

Fill out your Kids Cafe Monthly Report Form.

Below is a list of participating Kids Cafe / BackPack / SnackSack Sites:

 

Midlands Area Kids Cafes 

 
Orangeburg Boys and Girls Club

Director Willie Booker 803-516-8606 
Address: 1313 Cannon Bridge Rd. Cordova, SC 29039 (Orangeburg County)
Programs: Kids Cafe

Newberry Housing Authority

Director Gina Koon 803-924-5921
Address: 3589 Grant Ave, Newberry, SC 29108 (Newberry County)
Programs: Kids Cafe, Back Pack

Rembert Area Community Coalition

Director Juanita Britton 803-713-9889
Address:  7570 Pisgah Rd. Rembert, SC  29128 (Sumter County)
Program: Kids Cafe, Back Pack

C.R. Neal Dream Center

Director Billy Jefferson 803-695-2648 
Address: 2430 Atlas Road Columbia, SC 29209(Richland County)
Programs Kids Cafe

St. Andrews Baptist Church

Director Brenda Sheets 803-772-6666  
Address: 230 Bush River Rd. Columbia, SC  29210 (Richland County)
Programs: Kids Cafe, Back Pack

Westminster Presbyterian Church  

Director Ann Nichols 803-772-1338  
Address: 1715 Broad River Rd. Columbia, SC 29210 (Richland County)
Programs: Kids Cafe, Back Pack

M.H. Newton

Director Barney Gadson 803- 934-9527
Address: 415 Manning Ave. Sumter, SC 29150 (Sumter County)
Program: Kids Cafe

Lexington K.E.Y.S.  

Director: Eboni Magni 803-358-1561 
Address: 104 Allen St. Lexington, SC 29072 (Lexington County)
Program: Kids Cafe, BackPack

Columbia Bethlehem Community Center

Director: Mattie Haynes 803-931-8023 
Address: 2611 Grant Ave. Columbia, SC 29203 (Richland County)
Program: Kids Cafe, Back Pack

Pee Dee Area Kids Cafes 

New Vision CDC

Director Mary Benjamin 843-383-4343
Address: 1416 Bethlehem Rd. Hartsville (Darlington County)
Programs: Kids Cafe, Back Pack 

Mt. Calvary Apostolic Church

Director: Doris Miles 843-346-2267
Address: 404 N. Warren St., Timmonsville, SC 29161 (Florence County)
Programs: Kids Cafe, Back Pack 

Greater Greenville Area Kids Cafe Sites

Upstate Circle of Friends

Director: Deloris Barksdale 864-277-5788  
Address: 301 E. Dorchester Blvd Greenville, SC 29605 (Greenville County)
Program: Kids Cafe, BackPack


 

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