Fund a week of meals for a Brevard County family.
Same-day groceries. Year-round crockpot meals. Nothing fancy — just dinner on the table.
Food insecurity doesn't pause for school breaks, weather emergencies, or paperwork delays. The students walking into our pantry this week are not theoretical. They are, right now, calculating how much rice they have left at home.
The story:
A family at our school lost SNAP benefits temporarily because of a transfer delay. Not because they no longer qualified — because of paperwork. Their benefits would be reinstated. But not for another two weeks.
Two weeks is fourteen dinners. Fourteen breakfasts. It's the difference between a family staying in their home and a family in crisis.
We bought a full week of groceries within 24 hours of finding out.
That's what your donation funds. Not a long-term fix. A bridge. The window of time between the system broke and the system caught up — which, for a kid, is the difference between a stable week and a traumatic one.
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We also stock our on-campus food pantry year-round with crockpot meals, born from a program where 30 families received slow-cookers and a week of groceries before Christmas break.
That pantry now serves students weekly — kids who walk in to grab dinner for their younger siblings while a parent works a second shift.
Every dollar you give for food goes to food.
No overhead. No salaries pulled from this fund.
The math:
Each crockpot meal we provide includes a pantry bag of staples (rice, canned beans, corn, broth, soups) plus a $15–$20 grocery gift card for the proteins, dairy, and fresh ingredients each family chooses themselves.
Monthly giving keeps the pantry stocked all year — no gaps, no empty shelves. Become a Barrier Breaker today
$25 raised
1 donation
1%
Frequency
One time
Monthly
Amount
Breakfast Boost- supply protein bars and pop tarts to supplement students breakfasts
$3
Lunch Bunch- supply a ready-made lunch for a student
$5
Weekend Warrior- a bag of breakfast and lunch supplies for the weekends at home
$25
One complete crockpot meal for a family
$30
Three Crock-Pot meals, that's 1/2 a week of dinners for one family
$80
Groceries for the week OR a full week of crock-pot meals for one family
$160
Complete starter kit: a crock-pot plus a full week of meals for a new family
$200
Sponsor a family for an entire month of groceries
$500
Other
0/100
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