Food for Kids Summer Program / Child Welfare Project
Did you know the Junior Auxiliary of Collierville provides meals for over 30 Collierville students during the summer break? These children, and many more who aren't served by our program during the summer, qualify for the USDA National School Lunch Program. That means their families meet income eligibility levels at or below the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
These children are often underserved by federal programs and charitable organizations simply because they are cloaked within the larger population of children residing in households with median incomes twice the national average.
In 2017, Collierville had approximately 49,000 residents with a median household income of $113,957. But the poverty rate was 4.73%, indicating about 2300 residents living with an annual gross income (for a family of 4) of $25,750. That's about $500 a week at an hourly wage of $12.38. Census Bureau data indicates there are just over 1000 children under 18 years of age living in the Town of Collierville.
Each summer, JAC provides 3 nutritious staple food distributions to Collierville School students currently enrolled in the USDA free or reduced School Lunch Program. This year, we have 10 families enrolled with approximately 30 Collierville students benefiting from the program. Food is purchased with funds donated to JAC, picked up from the Mid South Food Bank and delivered to the Collierville Connected Neighborhood Resource Center at 104 N Rowlett to be sorted into groups for those qualified families identified by Collierville School Counselors. Additional fresh produce and other foods are supplemented by donations from Costco and delivered to us by volunteers from Collierville United Methodist Church.
Your donations and support go directly to local Collierville children. Please consider supporting Junior Auxiliary of Collierville with your tax exempt financial gift! Special thanks to Patricia King at Tara Oaks Elementary School for her help in coordinating the applications.
These children are often underserved by federal programs and charitable organizations simply because they are cloaked within the larger population of children residing in households with median incomes twice the national average.
In 2017, Collierville had approximately 49,000 residents with a median household income of $113,957. But the poverty rate was 4.73%, indicating about 2300 residents living with an annual gross income (for a family of 4) of $25,750. That's about $500 a week at an hourly wage of $12.38. Census Bureau data indicates there are just over 1000 children under 18 years of age living in the Town of Collierville.
Each summer, JAC provides 3 nutritious staple food distributions to Collierville School students currently enrolled in the USDA free or reduced School Lunch Program. This year, we have 10 families enrolled with approximately 30 Collierville students benefiting from the program. Food is purchased with funds donated to JAC, picked up from the Mid South Food Bank and delivered to the Collierville Connected Neighborhood Resource Center at 104 N Rowlett to be sorted into groups for those qualified families identified by Collierville School Counselors. Additional fresh produce and other foods are supplemented by donations from Costco and delivered to us by volunteers from Collierville United Methodist Church.
Your donations and support go directly to local Collierville children. Please consider supporting Junior Auxiliary of Collierville with your tax exempt financial gift! Special thanks to Patricia King at Tara Oaks Elementary School for her help in coordinating the applications.
