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Kids helping kids have a full weekend.
Weekend food bags and school snack closets for children in Seymour, Oxford, Ansonia and Derby.
480
weekend food bags
864 lb
of food
56
volunteers, 22 of them kids
6
local schools
All from one bagging night in September 2026.
Sponsor a child
$8 fills a weekend food bag.
Every bag goes home on Friday, quietly, through school staff. Pick an amount and see what it provides.
Give monthly and $30 a month covers a child’s weekends, all year long.
What we do
Food for the weekend, and for the school day.
Weekend Food Bags
Kid-friendly food that goes home every Friday, delivered discreetly through school staff.
School Snack Closets
Healthy grab-and-go snacks in every Seymour school, an Oxford elementary school and the Ansonia Boys & Girls Club.
Community Partnerships
Schools, food banks, local businesses and neighbors, working together to reach more children each year.
Our story
It started with a kindergartner’s question.
“Can we help kids in Seymour too?”
In 2023 Mackenzie noticed classmates without snacks. In February 2024, seven students packed the very first weekend food bags around a kitchen table. Today hundreds of bags go home every school year, across four towns.
Volunteer
Pack bags with us.
Families and children pack weekend food bags together. All ages welcome, no experience needed, and it counts toward community service hours.
Dec1
Next bagging night
Tuesday, December 1 · 5:30pm
Sign-ups open one week before each event. Follow us on Facebook to hear first.
Around the valley
Out in the community.
Need help?
Our food reaches children through their schools. Every request is private, and families never apply through us.
With thanks to our partners
Seymour Oxford Food Bank
Naugatuck Valley Food & Nutrition Resources
AnSeOx Rotary
Stop & Shop
Ansonia Boys & Girls Club
Food 2 Kids Milford