top of page
Adopt a Child
Be the difference in a child’s life
One backpack at a time
One in four children in Alabama faces food insecurity. Through Adopt a Child, your monthly gift helps provide weekend food bags so children have food when school meals are not available and can return to school ready to learn.
1 in 4
$24
children in Alabama face
food insecurity
per month provides one child with a weekly food backpack for the entire month
2,553
children receive food through ACFS’s Backpack Program
each week
What's inside
the backpack
Simple food. Real relief. A full weekend.
Each backpack is filled with kid friendly, easy to prepare foods that help children stay nourished when access to meals is limited.
Your Support
in Action
See how your gift becomes meals for kids
Volunteers pack these backpacks each week, turning monthly donations into real meals for children across Alabama.
bottom of page