Kids Cafe® a program of Feeding America
In 1989, two young brothers in Savannah, GA were discovered late one night in the kitchen of their housing project’s community center after the older brother broke into the kitchen to feed himself and his younger brother.
In response to this glaring example of child hunger, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Coastal Georgia started the first Kids Cafe. In 1993, America’s Second Harvest (now Feeding America) launched the national Kids Cafe program. The Regional Food Bank opened its first Kids Cafes in 2003 with startup funding provided by the ConAgra Foods Feeding Children Better Foundation.
Kids Cafe programs provide free meals and snacks to low-income children through a variety of (existing) community organizations where children congregate such as Boys and Girls Clubs, churches, and public schools. In addition to providing hot meals to hungry kids, Kids Cafes offer a safe place where, under the supervision of trustworthy staff, children can get involved in educational, recreational and social activities that often include family members.
