Sack decorating

Every day, Kids' Food Basket delivers over 4,800 Sack Suppers to students throughout greater Grand Rapids. Not only do these Sack Suppers provide about 1,000 calories of critical nutrition, they also help brighten each child's day! Each sack is decorated with positive messages, holiday themes or cheerful illustrations.

It takes a lot of love and support from volunteers like you to make these bags shine. If you are looking for a creative volunteer opportunity, especially for groups, this could be a great fit! Many church groups, kids groups, seniors communities and others have enjoyed decorating Sack Supper bags.

Why is this important?

A teacher was doing a home visit at one of the children's homes who receives Sack Suppers regularly. When he was showing her around, he proudly showed off his side of the room he shared with other siblings and the decorated brown paper bags on the walls. When the teacher asked why he had saved them, he answered, 'Because they are mine.' The child had saved dozens of brown paper bags in which our volunteers decorated because he could call them his own and he doesn't have much that belongs to him.

How it works

1. Purchase 8 lb. (or extra large) paper sacks to decorate and donate, or request paper sacks from Kids' Food Basket.
2. Get a group together and decorate the bags. Please keep in mind that many sack suppers will be going to public schools and therefore cannot contain religious messages.
3. Deliver the decorated bags to Kids' Food Basket. Please contact us to learn more and let us know when you'll be dropping them off!

Questions? Looking for another project?
Let us know -- we'd be happy to help you get involved! Check out other volunteer opportunities, or contact us with specific questions.