Hello! We are always looking for more ways to keep our kids involved beyond the monthly food pick up. If you have any suggestions, please share them!

One thing that I will add to the pot of ideas is having kids come up with their own grocery list. Every other week, each of my kids creates a list of 5 things that they would like to buy at the grocery store to donate to the food shelf. They use their "guess and go" spelling now, and when they were younger and I helped them with the list, we used that time to think about what words started with, etc. so it touched on developing writing skills as well! They take their lists to the store with a pen, and while I am going up and down the isles doing my shopping for our family, they fulfill the items on their lists. It has been exciting to see their lists evolve. They give great thought to nutrition, quantity and product shelf-life. Doing this has also been a great opportunity for powerful conversation with our kids. It is amazing to see the ownership they take for the food they are donating, right down to bagging their own items, carrying the bags that contain their items, and deliving it to the food shelf.