Support Kids in Your Community This Summer

Did you know that more than 3,300 kids in the Brainerd Lakes Area rely on their school’s free and reduced-price meal programs for lunch? For these kids, when the school year ends, so does the school lunch program— challenging families financially during the summer months.

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Bridges of Hope, through Operation Sandwich, provides much needed meals weekly to students facing summer hunger. Grocery bags including 5 days’ worth of bread, peanut butter, jelly, granola bars, fruit snacks, an additional snack, and fresh fruit and/or vegetables are available for pick-up once per week. Because of rising food prices, it will cost 19% more this year to feed the same number of kids as last year. Operation Sandwich is counting on your support to raise $25,000 to meet the needs of kids and their families in 2022.

Donate to feed kids and families this summer 

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Make a donation to ensure all kids have the nourishment they need to get them through the summer.

With Operation Sandwich, your gift goes further:

$60 – Sponsor a child’s sandwich supplies for a month

$120 – Purchase peanut butter needed for a week

$250 – Feed one child for an entire month

$400 – Cover the cost of bread for one week

$600 – Provide healthy snacks for a week

$1,000 – Sponsor fresh produce for an entire month