One in four children within the Souderton Area School District receive free or reduced meals throughout the school year. Now that school is over, these families are looking to their local food pantry—Keystone Opportunity Center—for more help. That’s why Keystone Opportunity Center will be offering additional programs this summer to help students and families in need.

Keystone Opportunity Center started a Student Summer Aid Program in 2015. Grocery bags packed to the brim with kid-friendly food are distributed to families with children who are clients of Keystone’s food pantry. This food is in addition to the regular monthly food pantry distribution. As such, it is food that Keystone buys, or is donated.

New this year will be the distribution of children’s lunch boxes. Thanks to a partnership between Keystone Opportunity Center and Philabundance, Keystone will be distributing at estimated 1,800 lunch boxes at Fresh For All, and in Keystone’s Food Pantry.

Where to get Keystone’s assistance:

Children’s Lunch Boxes – Fresh For All, a Philabundance program run by Keystone Opportunity Center

Tuesdays 1pm-2pm at Grace Bible Church Parking Lot, 423 N. Main Street, Souderton

One box per child to take home

Children’s Lunch Boxes – Keystone Opportunity Center’s Food Pantry

Tuesdays 1pm-2pm, Wednesdays 10am-2pm, and based on availability Thursdays 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm

One box per child to take home

Kid-Friendly Groceries – Keystone Opportunity Center’s Food Pantry

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am-2pm, Thursdays 5pm-7pm

For qualified Souderton Area School District families only

One grocery bag per family to take home once a month

Keystone is currently running a campaign to assist with the costs of these and other programs that fight food insecurity, housing instability, and barriers to education. To donate, visit https://keystoneopportunity.org/hunger/