In 2020, Sheboygan County Food Bank is responding to the community's needs by providing emergency food for thousands more families each month compared to 2019. Ensure 40 families affected by the COVID-19 crisis are supported with emergency boxes for one month. Emergency boxes each feed a family of four and include a variety of healthy non-perishable food items as well as personal care items.

Hundreds of children count on Sheboygan County Food Bank's Food for Thought weekend backpack program to eat when they are not at school. Ensure that 21 children are nourished with healthy meals and snacks that are ready-to-eat, or easy-to-heat, for an entire school year.

Protein is an essential source of food for building and maintaining healthy bodies. Provide a variety of fresh protein items to make sure children, families, and seniors in need are nourished with the most vital building blocks for healthy, strong bodies.

Individuals and families facing financial hardships during the COVID-19 crisis need basic personal care items. Help stock family emergency boxes by providing shampoos, toothpastes, deodorants and body washes.

A healthy, sustainable food supply in Sheboygan County decreases chronic diseases, increases productivity in the classroom and workplace, and increases health equity in our community. Provide healthy options of breakfast cereals, pastas, crackers, canned fruits, and canned vegetables - Sheboygan County Food Bank's top five most requested food items by food pantries.

Food pantries throughout the community rely on Sheboygan County Food Bank for their food supply and the quick delivery of the food to their churches and facilities. Fuel Sheboygan County Food Bank's truck fleet for two weeks to help deliver healthy and fresh emergency food to 16 food pantries.

Sheboygan County Food Bank staff and volunteers are on the front lines responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Supply disposable face masks and gloves to help protect volunteers and staff who are assembling and distributing family emergency boxes.

Making sure children have food when they don't have access to school meals is vital for their physical health, emotional well-being, learning, and life outcomes. Help fill the gap between school meals by nourishing children with fresh fruit through the Food for Thought weekend backpack program.