What is Kids Pantry
Kids Pantry provides weekend food support to children in our community who face food insecurity. While school programs help during the week, many kids return home on Friday without knowing what they’ll eat over the weekend. We’re here to change that - quietly, respectfully, and reliably.
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
Too many children in our community face hunger on the weekends—Kids Pantry ensures they don’t go without.
How Kids Pantry Works
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
Learn how we get nutritious food from our shelves to the backpacks of kids who need it most.
Impact of Kids Pantry
Why is Kids Pantry Needed?
How to Support Kids Pantry
Learn about the difference weekend food support makes in the lives of children and their families.
How to Support Kids Pantry
Interested in Volunteering?
How to Support Kids Pantry
Your donation, sponsorship, or in-kind contribution helps feed local kids every single week.
Interested in Volunteering?
Interested in Volunteering?
Interested in Volunteering?
There are many ways to help—find a volunteer role that fits your time and talents.
Our wonderful Supporters
Interested in Volunteering?
Interested in Volunteering?
Meet the individuals and organizations who make this program possible through their generosity.
What We Do
Each week, our volunteers discreetly deliver backpacks filled with nutritious, child-friendly meals to local schools. Every backpack includes:
- Friday dinner
- Saturday & Sunday: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner
- Monday breakfast
- Fresh fruit, shelf-stable items, and easy-to-prepare foods
These backpacks are unmarked, reusable, and designed so that children can access their food with independence and dignity.
Where We Work
Kids Pantry currently operates in multiple schools across Barrie. We collaborate with school staff to ensure children are supported without stigma or judgment.
This year, 2025, we’re supporting 31 children across 2 schools in Barrie. Plans are in place to add 2 - 3 additional schools in 2026.
Why It Matters
- 1 in 6 Canadian children lives in a food-insecure household
- Hunger affects attention, behaviour, and mental health
- Even a small act of kindness—a meal, a snack—can change a child’s weekend
When a child knows they’ll have food for the weekend, they rest easier. And they come back to school on Monday more ready to learn and grow.
“Some kids look forward to weekends. Others face them with fear. We’re working to change that.”
Sarah Pavlik - Board Chair
You Can Help
Your support helps us feed more kids, for more weekends. Just $25 can fill one backpack. Larger donations help us serve more children across more schools.
$100 supports one child for a month
$1,300 supports one child for an entire year
$13,000 supports a school for an entire year
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Charity Registration Number: 719336406RR0001
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