What we do
KIND develops partnerships with public schools in Montgomery County, MD, working with principals and counselors to establish the program and recruit staff members who will help deliver food each week.
KIND representatives keep in touch with school staff members, to monitor inventory. Every six weeks, KIND mobilizes its volunteer workforce to make a trip to a local store, where they purchase, and then transport, carloads full of non-perishable food to schools. Items may include black beans, canned tuna, oatmeal, breakfast bars, popcorn, soup, pasta, fruit cups, and more.
School personnel, volunteers, and students come together to stuff the bags and prepare them to discretely drop into kids’ backpacks. No one who works with KIND knows the names of any of the kids it serves.
Schools we serve
- A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, Silver Spring
- JoAnn Leleck Elementary School (at Broad Acres), Silver Spring
- Brooke Grove Elementary School, Olney
- Carl Sandburg Learning Center, Rockville
- Cashell Elementary School, Olney
- Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School, Silver Spring
- Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Fox Chapel Elementary School, Germantown
- Francis Scott Key Middle School, Silver Spring
- Gaithersburg Elementary School, Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg Middle School, Gaithersburg
- Garrett Park Elementary School, Garrett Park
- Georgian Forest Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Glenallan Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Harmony Hills Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Highland Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Kemp Mill Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Lois P. Rockwell Elementary School, Damascus
- Parkland Middle School, Rockville
- Rock Creek Forest Elementary School, Chevy Chase
- Sargent Shriver Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Sherwood Elementary School, Sandy Spring
- Silver Creek Middle School, Kensington
- South Lake Elementary School, Gaithersburg
- Stone Mill Elementary School, North Potomac
- Washington Grove Elementary School, Gaithersburg
- Weller Road Elementary School, Silver Spring
- Wheaton Woods Elementary School, Rockville
