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Feeding Our Kids is serving over 1,600 students this school year.  Local groups and families are helping us serve them by “adopting” local schools. Here is a list of the current adopt a school sponsors.  You can help us by adopting a school for 2025-2026.

The Basics

Sponsors pledge to support at least five students at a specific school at a cost of $150/student. Feeding Our Kids will recognize and promote sponsors that have adopted schools in a variety of ways throughout the school year, especially via social media.

Adopt as a Group of Individuals/Families

If you like the idea of adopting a school, but can’t afford to support 5 kids by yourself, you can form a group with other individuals and families.  You can team up with some of your neighbors or other families in your church.  The whole group adopts a school, and then each person/family sponsors 1 or 2 children.

Interested?

Please contact us at info@feedingourkids.org if you are interested in learning more about this program.

A Bit More Info…

How Does it Work?

1. Sponsors pledge to support at least five students, up to a maximum number the sponsor chooses, through the school year, based on a cost of $150/student
2. Sponsors designate one or more local schools to “adopt”, or they can allow Feeding Our Kids to choose a school that may be in need of sponsors.
3. A Feeding Our Kids representative will work with the sponsor on details including payment plans, sponsor recognition, and any other questions the sponsor may have.

Sponsor Recognition

Your generosity is greatly appreciated, and sponsors will be recognized in a variety of ways.  Throughout the year, we will also recognize sponsors in the following ways, based on their level of sponsorship.

• Friend (5-9 Kids) – Name on webpage and food delivery bins
• Supporter (10-19 Kids) – Name & logo on webpage and bins, Sponsor Spotlight on Social Media
• Advocate (20-29 Kids) – All the above, plus additional Sponsor Spotlights and logo posted at sort activities
• Partner (30-49 Kids) – All the above, plus a school-based activity (ex. food delivery & photo opportunity) if desired.
• Champion (50+ Kids) – All the above, plus customized Sponsor Spotlight

A Note on Child Anonymity

Due to the social stigma of food insecurity, the anonymity of participating students and families is paramount.  Therefore, sponsors will not receive pictures or identifying information about the children they are supporting.  Instead, Feeding Our Kids will share testimonials from the schools regarding the positive impact they see from this program and your support.

Feeding Our Kids is happy to accept food donations.  It is important to note that we have particular food needs. We would greatly appreciate items that are harder for us to buy in bulk, especially allergen-free items. You can find specific items on our Donation Request List for Food Drives.

Please contact us at info@feedingourkids.org to discuss any specific details and to schedule a day and time for you to bring your food donation.

Food insecurity is not just an issue in bigger towns.  It also affects rural communities as well.  Feeding Our Kids supports more than 100 kids in these rural school districts: Fisher, Ludlow, St. Joseph, Thomasboro, and Tuscola.

If you are a local farmer, especially in one of these districts, and would like to support Feeding Our Kids, you can now make donations of grain. Donating grain can have significant tax advantages for farmers. This also allows you to help feed local children in your community while you feed the world. If this works for you, please consider donating grain to Feeding Our Kids.

Feeding Our Kids now has an account at Premier Cooperative. If you use Premier for your grain handling services, you can just let them know that you’d like to donate to Feeding Our Kids:

Feeding Our Kids (Premier Account Number: 65753)
PO Box 7422; Champaign, IL 61826

If you need documentation both for your records and to provide Premier, you can use this Transfer Authorization Form.

If you are not a member of Premier but are still interested in donating grain to Feeding Our Kids, please contact us and we can discuss options and next steps for your donation.

Also, if you’d like your donation to benefit a specific school, and receive a receipt for the donation, please fill out this brief Donation Form.

Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions about donating grain to Feeding Our Kids.