2024 Summer Meals for Kids: Help us feed the kids!

Summer isn’t fun if you’re hungry. One in four San Antonio kids will experience hunger during the summer school break.

Many children who struggle with hunger get a nutritious meal through reduced-price lunch programs each school day, but the summer months leave a gap that must be filled to make sure nobody goes hungry.

Every year, KENS 5 along with our sponsors raise millions of meals for children facing hunger in the San Antonio area through the Summer Meals for Kids program. This year, the goal is to raise 20 million meals, but we can't do it without your help.

Please join KENS 5 and the San Antonio Food Bank to collect food items and monetary donations during the Summer Meals for Kids food drive!

Here are the San Antonio Food Bank's "10 Most Wanted Foods" for the Summer Meals for Kids campaign:

• Peanut Butter
• Cereal
• Tuna
• Pop Top Food Items
• Beans
• Rice
• Mac & Cheese
• Full Meals Can/Box
• Chili & soups
• Canned Lunch Meats

Here's what you can do to make sure that San Antonio kids are getting healthy meals during the summer months:

1. Make a donation online

Did you know that every $1 donated will serve seven meals to San Antonio kids this summer? You can do your part by clicking the link below to make an online monetary donation to the San Antonio Food Bank.

2. H-E-B collection events

KENS 5 is hosting donation events at H-E-B around San Antonio throughout June in partnership with our Summer Meals for Kids sponsors.

Drop by your local H-E-B store and donate from 4 to 6:30 p.m.:

• Thursday, June 13: H-E-B plus! | Bandera & Loop 1604 | 9238 N. Loop 1604 West, 78249

• Thursday, June 20: H-E-B plus! Schertz | I-35 & FM 3009 | 17460 I-35 N., 78154

• Tuesday, June 25: H-E-B Alamo Ranch Pkwy | 12125 Alamo Ranch Pkwy, 78253

3. Raising Cane's donation event | Monday, June 17

Visit any San Antonio area Raising Cane's locations on June 17. Raising Cane's will donate 15% of your purchase to the San Antonio Food Bank. All you have to do is mention KENS Cares or Summer Meals for Kids.

4. KENS 5 Phone Bank | Thursday, June 27

Call the KENS 5 phone bank on Thursday, June 27, from 4 to 6:45 p.m. and make a monetary donation to help feed disadvantaged kids.

2024 KENS 5 Summer Meals for Kids’ Sponsors:

• Methodist Healthcare
• Raising Cane's
• Texas Homes
• Mrs. Baird's
• Raul B. Rodriguez Law

This important KENS Cares message is provided by KENS 5 and our sponsors Methodist Healthcare and Raising Cane’s. When it comes to community, KENS Cares!