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ADOPT A CHILD

Help bridge the weekend hunger gap

For $24 a month, your gift helps provide one student with a Weekend Bag each week, filled with kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare food for the weekend.

WHY WEEKENDS MATTER

1 in 4

That’s what we mean by the weekend hunger gap —
the time between Friday and Monday when many
students may not have the same dependable
access to meals they receive during the school week.

children in Alabama
face food insecurity.

FRI.

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SAT.

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SUN.

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MON.

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HOW ACFS HELPS

2,740 students

currently receive Weekend Bags each week
during the 2026–2027 school year.

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Each week, ACFS prepares Weekend Bags filled with kid-friendly,
easy-to-prepare food for students to take home for the weekend.

THE IMPACT OF YOUR SUPPORT

$24

/month

helps provide weekend food for
one student.

One student. One monthly gift. Weekend support throughout the school year.

WHAT GOES INTO A WEEKEND BAG?

Kid-friendly food for the weekend.

Kids Bags include a variety of easy-to-prepare,
nonperishable food items selected to help provide
dependable food support over the weekend.

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HOW ADOPT A CHILD WORKS

1

A MONTHLY GIFT IS MADE

$24 each month supports one

student through Adopt a Child.

2

ACFS PREPARES

Volunteers pack the bags each week, and participating schools pick them up from ACFS.

3

STUDENTS RECEIVE

Students receive their Kids Bags through their school to take home for the weekend.

ADOPT A CHILD

Help bridge the weekend hunger gap.

Your monthly gift helps provide dependable weekend food support for one student throughout the school year.

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