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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
