KYLEE’S KARE KITS FOR KIDZ HAS EXPANDED TO HUDSON SCHOOLS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US IN HUDSON

Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Leominster, MA has officially expanded into four of Hudson’s public schools. Last school year they piloted in two Hudson elementary schools and recently were invited to expand to additional schools at the start of this school year. The schools that are currently participating are Farley Elementary School, Forest Ave Elementary School, Mulready Elementary School and Quinn Middle School.

Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz was founded in 2012 by then ten year old Kylee McCumber. Kylee had noticed children eating breakfast in her school’s cafeteria before school started and questioned why. When she realized that many of these children would not have breakfast if it wasn’t for the food they received at school she became concerned. She worried about what they did on the weekends, during school vacations or the summer when they were not in school receiving the schools meals. She decided that she wanted to do something to help these children. She began to research ways to help and came up with the idea to provide what she called kare kits to the children every Friday so that they had food to eat over the weekend when they were not in school. The kare kits contain breakfast and lunch items, fruit cups, pudding, applesauce, juice, granola bars, crackers, cookies, snack items and fresh fruit. The kare kits are also offered to the children during the summer when they are not in school.

Kylee and her team of youth and adult volunteers’ package the kare kits every week in Leominster so they can be distributed for the children each weekend. In September they started their seventh year of their mission to help the food insecure children. Kare kits are provided to 9 publics school in Leominster ranging from pre-school through high school, four public schools in Hudson ranging from elementary school to middle school, one school in Townsend and to several families in Fitchburg and Townsend.

Kylee is recruiting volunteers willing to help pack the kare kits in Hudson on Wednesday afternoons after school. She is also looking for volunteers willing to transport the kare kits to the Hudson schools on Thursday mornings. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering in Hudson please reach out to us at kyleeskarekitsforkidz1@gmail.com and we will contact you to discuss this opportunity. Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz can be found on Facebook or our website at www.kyleeskarekitsforkidz.org.