One snack pack at a time
Together we can do it.
The number of children needing snack packs each weekend is finite,
and with your help we can ensure each child has food to eat.
A snack pack is a one-gallon zip-closed bag with non-perishable, easy open, single serve food items.
Snack packs are put together by volunteers containing specific food items for children suffering from food insecurity. Snack packs are then delivered to 5 different school districts from Los Lunas to Santa Fe, and distributed by teachers, principals, nurses and counselors each Friday for children to take home and eat over the weekend.
Prior to receiving Snack Packs, some third graders were losing as much as 2 pounds over the weekend. Other children resorted to stealing food items from classmates to try and create a lunch for themselves. Though we have made great progress, the need for snack packs still far outweighs current supply.
How you can help
Snack Packs
Each snack pack is stuffed full of single-serve, nonperishable food items to feed hungry kids on the weekend.
New Mexico Leads the Nation in Childhood Hunger
New Mexico leads the nation in childhood hunger (25% of children in NM live in food insecure homes), 48th in childhood well being, 48th in childhood health, and 50th in education.
Albuquerque Public Schools
3,750 APS children and youth qualify as homeless under the McKinney – Vento Homeless Assistance Act – homeless child or youth who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.
Did you know?
Your help matters, together we can end childhood hunger in New Mexico. When a hungry child receives food assistance regularly the following improvements are experienced.
attendance
behavior
grades
Think New Mexico
New Mexico has some startling statistics regarding childhood poverty. Why don’t we hear more about childhood homelessness and hunger in our community? Because the smallest victims are the least able to provide for themselves, advocate for themselves or work toward a different way of life.
Child Welfare
50th in child welfare
(2022 Kids Count Data Book)
Child Homelessness
44th in Child homelessness
(America’s Youngest Outcasts, 2013)
Child Hunger
1 in 5 (20.3%) suffer from food insecurity.
(Feeding America, 2020)
Child Poverty
116,000 (25%) of NM’s kids live at or below the federal poverty level.
(ABQ Journal 2022)
84000
STUDENTS IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
7100
STUDENTS IN APS CHARTER SCHOOLS
3750
APS CHILDREN QUALIFIED AS HOMELESS
How You Can Help
New Mexico did not get here overnight, and we will not eradicate childhood hunger overnight, but if every person does SOMETHING, Feed NM Kids Inc. will make a difference.
One granola bar is the difference between something to eat and nothing to eat, but it’s not enough food to take away hunger for a weekend.
Through donations of nutritious snackable food items that a child may open and eat on the spot, we aim to get weekend food to any child in NM who has need whether or not they have a home, a responsible adult in their lives, or are simply in a season where the family has fallen on hard times.
Together, as a statewide community, we can feed our smallest and most vulnerable members of society.
Invite Others
Talk to your family and friends and encourage them to purchase a snackable, nutritious food item each time they grocery shop. If they cannot drop off the food item one of our drop off locations offer to bring it for them!
Host a Packing Party
Snack packs are put together by volunteers containing specific food items. You and your group can acquire all the necessary items and have a packing party.
Watch our video on packing snack packs.
Donate Money
Financially support hungry children in New Mexico: purchase snack packs or double your giving by becoming a recurring donor.
Become a Partner
Become a partner with Feed New Mexico Kids as a Church. Download our Church partner packet for details.
Drop-Off Locations
Calvary Church Osuna Campus
4001 Osuna Rd. NE • Albuquerque, NM
Calvary Church Westside Campus
6051 Winter Haven Rd. NW • Albuquerque, NM
Calvary Church Santa Fe Campus
1295 Clark Rd. • Santa Fe
Bristol Doughnut Co
10301 Comanche Rd. NE • Albuquerque, NM
Register Your Organization
If you would like to know how you, your family, your business, or your organization can be involved, please fill out the information request to the right.
We are a non-profit organization, we exist to provide nutritious snacks for children in need. We are only able to do this through the generous donations from individuals, organizations, and businesses that partner with us in the fight to end childhood hunger in New Mexico.
Some of the ways we partner:
- Donate Food from our Food List
- Hold a Food Drive at your church, organization, or company
- Become a financial partner
- Volunteer
For more information call:
Tracy Rodden
505.252.4341
our partners & sponsors
