St. Mary's Kids Cafe Provides Nutritious Meals to "At Risk" Kids

Over 25% of kids in Arizona live below the poverty line; this means that many of those kids miss at least one meal every day. St. Mary's Kids Cafe program provides up to 3,000 meals daily to kids at over 40 sites throughout the Valley. Volunteers prepare brown bag meals (sandwich, fruit, milk) which are then delivered to schools and community centers where kids participate in after-school programs, doing sports or homework. The program will soon introduce hot meals service, and ultimately hopes to increase overall production to 4,ooo meals daily. There is no cost to any of the host sites. You can help Kids Cafe by donating funds, or by volunteering to prepare meals or by conducting site visits.