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No one should be hungry or alone. Serving Greater Philadelphia since 1974.

Student volunteers in front of a Caring for Friends delivery van

Programs

Schools & Youth Programs

Food assistance for students during the year, sandwiches all summer, and hands-on service projects that teach children where a meal comes from.

Summer hunger

June is when the meals disappear

For many Philadelphia children, school breakfast and lunch are the two most dependable meals of the day. Summer removes both at once.

Our Summer Sandwich Program fills part of that gap with fresh sandwiches made by volunteers — students, families, corporate teams, and congregations — then distributed through camps, pantries, and outreach partners. One morning shift can produce well over a thousand lunches.

Sandwiches prepared for the summer program

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Keep Philadelphia children fed through summer and the school year.

No child should count down to summer with dread.