Several local churches have linked arms with nearby elementary schools in an effort to provide food in a backpack for students who qualify for their school's free or reduced lunch program, ensuring that these students and their families will have some food and snacks during every weekend of the school year. Hungry for Christ is able to provide several food items for this vital ministry which continues to grow at an amazing rate each year.

Each month the host church will place an order based on the number of students they serve. They then will come to Hungry for Christ to pick up the food supplies necessary to fill an unmarked backpack with non-perishable food and will place this backpack in each student’s locker prior to the end of the day on Fridays. These backpacks are unmarked to help preserve the student’s dignity while carrying it to and from home and school. The student takes the backpack home and returns it on Monday to be repeated the following week.