KidsPack Weekend Meals

Formerly BHH Backpacks - Same Mission, New Name

As many as 50,000 children in Palm Beach County don't know where their next meal is coming from—a challenge made worse by rising inflation. A signature program of Boca Helping Hands since 2011, KidsPack Weekend Meals addresses the crisis of youth food insecurity by serving children who receive their primary weekday meals through the U.S. government-subsidized free and reduced-price lunch program and may not have enough to eat on the weekends.



KidsPack Weekend Meals serves more than 1,900 students each week across 15 schools and five summer camps. Boca Helping Hands purchases the food and delivers meals to participating schools on a weekly basis.


Each Friday, Boca Helping Hands sends food-insecure children home with a box of non-perishable, easy-to-prepare food that meets recommended dietary guidelines. Each box contains six (6) meals, two (2) shelf-stable milks, and three (3) snacks, helping ensure children have enough to eat over the weekend when they cannot depend on school meals.


For the past 15 years, Boca Helping Hands has raised the funds and managed the logistics to keep this program running. Dedicated volunteers from local faith communities, businesses, and service clubs commit their time each week to pack the meals that make this program possible.


To learn about volunteer opportunities, please visit our Volunteer page. To support the KidsPack Weekend Meals Program, please visit our KidsPack donation page.

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