School’s Out Supplement (SOS)

Help provide extra lunch food for children while school is out.

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When school is out for the summer, many children lose access to the free or reduced-cost meals they rely on during the school year. For families already working hard to make ends meet, the summer months can create a significant nutrition gap.

The Pantry’s School’s Out Supplement (SOS) program helps fill that gap by providing extra lunch food items for families with school-age children throughout the 10 weeks of summer.

Since launching in 2019, SOS has served over 18,000 children — helping local families keep kids nourished while school is out.

You can support SOS by making a donation, shopping our Amazon Wishlist, or donating the most-needed food items listed below.

About the SOS Program

Most Needed Items

  • Applesauce cups

  • Breakfast bars variety pack

  • Real fruit snack minis

  • Pretzel sticks

  • Edamame snack variety pack

  • Mini fruit bars

  • Trail mix snack packs

  • Veggie straws

  • Popcorn and puffs variety pack

  • Chocolate brownie snack bars

  • Unsweetened applesauce cups

  • Chicken salad snack packs

  • Diced peaches fruit bowls

  • Animal crackers

  • Tuna salad snack packs

Together, we can help keep kids nourished all summer long.

Your support helps provide extra lunch food for families with school-age children while school is out.

For more information, please contact development@thepantryny.org.

 Thank you for helping to nourish our neighbors in need.