Food and Food Drives

Food drives provide nearly one-third of the food we distribute annually. Help us continue to meet the needs of people in the community by learning more about hosting a food drive.

Please drop off all non-parishable food itesm to:

Great Plains Food Bank

Attention: Madison Backpack Program

1720 3rd Avenue North

Fargo, ND 58102-4254

If you have any questions please contact Missy @ (701) 232-6219

Donate

One in six Americans is fighting hunger, and we need your help to join us in the fight to end this national struggle.

Whether you are an individual who wants to help or a company looking to make a partnership, you can be sure your donations are always used efficiently, safely and effectively to help those in need.

Please contact Ashly at 701.446.5122

Mail your donations to:
SENDCAA

Attention Gail Bollinger

3233 South University Dr.

Fargo, ND 58104

Working Poor

One of the most common misconceptions is the assumption that if someone is hungry, that means they do not have a job and are living on the streets. What most people don’t understand is that anyone can experience hunger. It is a silent epidemic that affects more than 49 million Americans.

According to the US Census Bureau, in 2008, 19 million people lived in working-poor families. In fact, 36 percent of client households served by the Feeding America network have one or more adults working.

-Female-headed households were more than twice as likely to be among the working poor than male-headed households in 2007.

-Married-couple families with children under 18 were almost 5 times as likely as families without children to be among the working poor in 2007.

-Thirty-nine percent of all adult clients served by Feeding America have completed high school or equivalent degree with no further education beyond high school.

-Thirty-four percent of all client households served by Feeding America have had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care.

-In 2002, 1 in 4 low-income families with one full-time, full-year worker was food insecure and housing insecure.

HUNGER 101

In many ways, America is the land of plenty. But for 1 in 6 Americans, hunger is a reality. Many people believe that the problems associated with hunger are confined to small pockets of society, certain areas of the country, or certain neighborhoods, but the reality is much different.

Right now, millions of Americans are struggling with hunger. We all know and are in contact with people affected by hunger, even though we might not be aware of it.

These are often hard-working adults who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days. Most of us simply have no idea. It’s time to educate ourselves about America’s hunger problem.

About Performance Pack

Performance Packs

-Bags are filled with food that children take home on weekends.

-Food is child-friendly, nonperishable and easily consumed.

-Backpacks are discreetly distributed to children on the last day before the weekend or holiday vacation

Performance Pack Concepts

The Performance Pack Program concept was developed at Madison Elementary in Fargo, North Dakota after a special education teacher asked for help because her students were coming to her hungry which was affecting their academic performance. With the help of a grant from the North Dakota Department of Commerce and the local food bank she began to provide the students with groceries in to carry home every Friday.

Performance Packs

There are children in Fargo, North Dakota that rely on resources such as free or reduced lunch during the school year. Performance Packs are designed to meet the needs of hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as weekends and school vacations.