Saving Seats is a community-led initiative that helps bridge food gaps by providing shelf-stable meal kits for children and families, especially during school breaks or times when access to regular meals may be limited. Each kit contains all the ingredients needed to make a complete meal at home, plus breakfast and snack options for kids.

All meal kits are assembled by volunteers using community-donated, shelf-stable ingredients. Each kit is carefully packaged to be safe, nutritious, and easy to prepare, even for older children or teens helping at home.

Donations of shelf-stable foods are always welcome! You can click the link on our website or social pages to view our current list of most-needed items, such as canned proteins, rice, pasta, fruit cups, breakfast items, and snack packs. You can also donate supplies like 2-gallon Ziploc bags, can openers, or plastic cutlery to help us pack kits efficiently.

Blessing boxes are placed throughout the community in easily accessible public areas. Please note—these boxes are community-run and not maintained by the business or organization they sit in front of. There’s no guarantee a box will always be stocked, and we kindly ask that you do not contact the businesses directly. Most simply allowed a box to be placed there out of kindness, and the community adds to them as they can.

All meal kits are made with prepackaged ingredients to reduce the risk of cross-contamination. However, it is always up to each parent or guardian to review ingredients and determine what’s safe for their child.

Please let us know immediately if you’re unable to pick up your kit. Unfortunately, the food will not keep in our kids’ lunch totes, and we’ll need to find a new home for it quickly. If you miss two pickup appointments after registering, we won’t be able to reserve future meal kits for you, as we want to ensure food goes to families who are able to collect it in time.