Kids Cafe® Program
Kids Cafe® is a national program founded by Feeding America and administered locally by the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. It is a place where children through 18 years of age can come to receive free, nutritious evening meals in a safe, supportive environment. A Foodbank Nutritionist oversees the program, prepares the menus and provides nutrition education to the children.
Currently, there are more than 25 Kids Cafe locations in Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk and the Eastern Shore. Additional locations will open as funds become available. These locations provide almost 275,000 meals to approximately 4,700 children annually.
Though economic times hit everyone hard, those families living on the edge suffer first and worst. We need your help now. If you or your organization would like to assist, please contact us or return the pledge card to the right.
We don't take reservations at Kids Cafe, but we do take everything else.
There are two ways you can help the Kids Cafe Program:
Donate money: So the Foodbank can purchase foods needed to provide balanced meals and support the operation of the Kids Cafe program. A $50 contribution buys complete and nutritious meals for all children at a small Kids Cafe site for one day!
Donate food:
Top Ten Items Needed: Fruit (#10 Cans) Applesauce, Peaches, Tropical Fruit, Fruit Cocktail, Pineapple. Vegetables (#10 Cans) Green Beans, Sweet Peas, Whole New Potatoes, Corn, Baked Beans
The Foodbank's Kids Cafes feed between 20 & 175 children a day. For this reason, #10 bulk-sized cans are appropriate. For the cook at our largest site – it's the difference between opening 7 #10 cans or 50 household size. Bulk cans are also less expensive. So please, when you're thinking of donating food for a Kids Cafe, keep this in mind.The Foodbank’s Kids Cafes feed between 20 & 175 children a day. For more information, please contact Debbie Kleeger, Childhood Nutrition Manager
at 757-314-4555 or dkleeger@foodbankonline.org.If you are interested in helping the Kids Cafe Program by holding a #10 can food drive, please contact the Food and Fund Drive Coordinator at 757-314-4575.
You can also donate online or by mailing your contribution to:
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia
*Attention Kids Cafe
P.O. Box 1940
Norfolk, Virginia 23501
USDA Summer Feeding Program Locations:
Norfolk
Oakmont CDC @ Bank Street Memorial Church, 7036 Chesapeake Boulevard
6/28 – 8/20/10 Monday – Friday, Breakfast 8:00 am & Lunch 12:00 pm
Boys & Girls Club @ Norview Middle School, 6325 Sewells Point Road
6/21 – 8/13/10 Monday – Thursday, Breakfast 8:30 am & Lunch 12:30 pm
Diggs Town Boys & Girls Club, 1401 Melon Street
6/22 – 8/20/10 Monday – Friday, Breakfast 8:30 am & Lunch 12:30 pm
Southside Boys & Girls Club, 701 Berkley Avenue Ext.
6/21 – 8/20/10 Monday-Friday, Breakfast 8:30 am & Lunch 12:30 pm
First Baptist Church Lambert’s Point, 1268 West 38th Street
8/2 – 8/6/10 Monday-Friday, Breakfast 7:30 am & Lunch 12:15 pm
Virginia Beach
Seatack Community Recreation Center, 141 South Birdneck Road
6/21 – 8/27/10 Monday – Friday, Lunch 12:00 pm & Afternoon Snack 3:00 pm
Friendship Village, 1252 Carver Avenue
6/28 – 8/27/10 Monday – Friday, Lunch 12:30 pm & Afternoon Snack 4:00 pm
Suffolk
Boys & Girls Club @ John F. Kennedy Middle School, 2325 East Washington Street
6/21 – 8/13/10 Monday – Friday, Lunch 12:00 & Afternoon Snack 3:00 pm
Franklin
Boys & Girls Club @ S.P. Morton Elementary School, 300 Morton Street
6/22 – 7/20/10 Monday – Friday, Lunch 12:00 pm & Afternoon Snack 3:00 pm
Eastern Shore
Boys & Girls Club @ Occohannock Elementary School, 4208 Seaside Road, Exmore
6/21 – 8/20/10 Monday – Friday, Breakfast 8:30 am & Lunch 12:30 pm
Kids Cafe Sites:
Ansell Gardens
301A Ansell Avenue, Portsmouth
After the Bell @ Lafayette-Winona Middle School
1701 Alsace Avenue, Norfolk
After the Bell @ Lake Taylor Middle School
1380 Kempsville Road, Norfolk
Atlantis Community Center
999 Atlantis Drive, Virginia Beach
Brighton Rock A.M.E Zion Church
1300 Centre Avenue, Portsmouth
Candii, Inc.
3309 Granby Street, Norfolk
Cavalier Manor Recreation Center
404 Viking Street, Portsmouth
Cradock Recreation Center
4300 George Washington Highway, Portsmouth
Cross Creek Neighborhood Network Center
2529 Bird Lane, Apt. B, Portsmouth
Friendship Village
1252 Carver Avenue, Virginia Beach
William A. Hunton YMCA
1139 East Charlotte Street, Norfolk
J.E. Parker Recreation Center
2430 Turnpike Road, Portsmouth
Neighborhood Facility Recreation Center
900 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth
Oakmont Community Development Center @ Bank Street Memorial Church
7036 Chesapeake Boulevard, Norfolk
Port Norfolk Recreation Center
432 Broad Street Portsmouth
Seatack Community Recreation Center
141 South Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach
Southside Boys & Girls Club
701 Berkley Avenue Extension, Norfolk
Southside Boys & Girls Club, Diggs Town Unit
1401 Melon Street, Norfolk
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia
Calvert Square Unit
975 Bagnall Road, Norfolk
Chesapeake Unit @ Truitt Intermediate School
1100 Holly Avenue, Chesapeake
Exmore Unit @ Occohannock Elementary School
4208 Seaside Rd., Exmore, Eastern Shore
Franklin Unit @ S.P. Morton Elementary School
300 Morton Street, Franklin
Hodges Manor Unit @ Hodges Manor Elementary School
1201 Cherokee Road, Portsmouth
Norview Unit @ Norview Middle School
6325 Sewell’s Point Road, Norfolk
Rosemont Unit
1505 Competitor Court, Virginia Beach
Suffolk Unit @ John F. Kennedy Middle School
2325 East Washington Street, Suffolk
Thurgood Marshall Unit @ Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
2706 Border Road, Chesapeake
Foodbank can purchase
foods needed to provide balanced meals and support the operation of all our programs.
Thousands like you give their time and talent, helping in the office, warehouse and
distribution sites.
Food drives are
wonderful opportunities
to contribute directly
to those in need.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia is a nonprofit corporation governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of our financial statements is available upon request from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Virginia State Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, Virginia 23218. FEIN #52-1219783. The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and its branch, the Foodbank on the Eastern Shore, do not sell or share our list of donors to any third party entity.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia is a member of Feeding America and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks.
