SEASONAL DRIVES

Thanksgiving often brings excitement as we plan and gather with loved ones, but for some families, the cost of a holiday meal is out of reach.

The Share Your Thanksgiving Feast program fills our pantry with Thanksgiving favorites, ensuring clients can choose what they need to prepare a holiday meal. Please help us keep the shelves stocked for the season!

Bless families in need this Christmas season by giving the gift of food! With your help, we supply full Christmas dinners and gifts to 275+ families in the Waukee area. Your support will make a difference in their lives.

Gift of Food: We suggest providing enough food for a family of four to six.

Gifts for Kids:  Our community has been wonderfully generous, and we are happy to report that our Gifts for Kids program is fully sponsored.

Other ways to bless families include:

1. Toys for our Toy Store
2. Christmas meal ingredients
3. Winter clothing essentials—coats, boots, and snowpants—for students ages 4T through high school for our Clothing Closet 

Thank you for helping us spread holiday cheer.

The mission of the School Snack Pack program is to provide children with food to take home over the weekend. The snack packs are filled with child-friendly, easy-to-prepare food and discreetly distributed to students in Dallas County. 

Please consider donating snacks or assembling snack packs with a group of friends or co-workers.

Ensures that children have the tools they need to succeed academically, reducing the anxiety parents might feel about their child’s education.  

• Make a Financial Donation:  Click here or on the donate button and your funds will go directly towards this school supplies program.
• Become a School Supplies Sponsor:  Click here to learn about a simple way to play a big role in building an equitable learning environment for local children.
• Hold a School Supplies Drive:  Click here to register your school supplies drive and receive additional support materials.
• Donate Supplies:  Purchase school supplies from our checklist below and drop them off during our open hours.

High Priority School Supplies:

Please donate items from the link below. These are essential supplies we rarely receive, especially for our middle and high school students who need more than crayons.  Thank you.

When school cafeterias close for the summer, kids lose a regular source of meals. Families who rely on free and reduced-priced lunches suddenly have much higher grocery bills.

During these summer months, we also face a decline in food donations and an increase in families coming in for food assistance. Our Summer Food Drive looks to replenish our shelves to meet this higher demand. 

Baskets of Love is an opportunity to bring smiles to the children in our community during the Easter season. Each basket contains Easter toys and goodies for young children.

Please consider helping us continue to reach out to children in need by donating items to help fill the baskets. Donations can be dropped off at WACS during open hours.