Weekend Food Pack Program

NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition

The NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition is a partnership with staff and PTAs from Crescent Heights Elementary, NE Tacoma Elementary, Browns Point Elementary, and Meeker Middle School, along with additional community partners that are focused on providing healthy weekend meals to students in need in our community.  The idea is simple:  a two-day supply of easy-to-prepare food is sent home with eligible students every Friday in their backpacks to ensure they have healthy meals throughout the weekend.

To sign up your child(ren) to receive a weekend food pack please contact our school counselor, Amy Sofie, at Asofie1@tacoma.k12.wa.us.

NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition Food List

In order to maintain equity in the food packs and ease of inventory and packaging, please only purchase items from the list below:

  • Kraft Mac & Cheese Easy Mac Cups
  • Chef Boyardee Ravioli Cups
  • Hamburger Helper Microwave Singles Cups
  • Chicken Cup O Noodles
  • Beef Cup O Noodles
  • Oatmeal Packets (Individual servings)
  • Juice Boxes (Capri Sun or juice boxes, any variety)
  • Pudding cups
  • Fruit Cups
  • Fruit Snacks
  • Fig bars (Individual Serving)
  • Granola Bars
  • Crackers (Individual Servings)
  • Chips (Small lunchbox size bags)
  • Rice Krispy Treats
  • Small Boxes of Cereal (Individual Serving size)
  • Tuna and crackers (individual Servings)
  • Cookies (Individual Servings)