How To Help

Donate Food - Kits contain individually portioned, nutritious food that require little or no preparation. Suggested items to donate include: 

• boxes of mac & cheese
• jars of peanut butter
• 100% juice boxes
• oatmeal packets
• canned soup
• granola bars
• canned vegetables
• fruit snacks

Donate Time - The Weekend Survival Kit program is sustained entirely through volunteer support of time and money. Groups can volunteer to pack the kits or to deliver kits to the schools every other Friday.

Donate Funds - Food for the BackPacks is purchased through the Mid-Michigan Food Bank’s network, which means that $1 has the power to buy the equivalent of $10 of food at retail value. Each full BackPack costs about $5, so $100 sponsors one child for an entire school year every other weekend or $200 sponsors a child every weekend.

Donate By Mail

To make a tax deductible donation, checks can be made payable to Many Hands.

Donations can be mailed to:

Donate Online

Hunger Prevents Learning!

** Online donations are limited per transaction to $2,000.00 or less.  Please donate by mail if more.  THANK YOU :) **

• $25  =  5 Full BackPacks
• $50  =  10 Full BackPacks
• $100  =  20 Full BackPacks (sponsors one child for an entire school year)