Since 1995,
SUMMER LUNCHHas Been a MUST
Helping Provide Meals in the Summer
This summer, MUST Ministries will continue the time-honored tradition of partnering with churches, schools, corporations and volunteers to feed thousands of kids in the metro Atlanta area all summer. MUST's goal is to provide breakfast and lunch to at least 7,500 children for 9 weeks.
An estimated half a million meals will be distributed across eight counties (Bartow, Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding, Pickens & Gwinnett). In addition to food, MUST will also have mind, body and soul activity kits.
Summer Lunch will run from June 1 - July 31. Continue scrolling to learn how you can get involved!
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Fox5 Helping Hands, Publix, The LumiStella Company, LocumTenens.com & The Primerica Foundation.
Items:
Plastic grocery bags
8oz bottles of water
Capri Sun
Juice boxes
Summer Lunch Drive-up Schedule Beginning first week of June through July, off Juneteenth and July 4th
Mondays
Waleska UMC 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
7340 Reinhardt College Pkwy, Waleska, GA 30183
Tuesdays
Green Acres Baptist Church 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
591 Pat Mell Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Wednesdays
Cumberland Community Church 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
3059 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Bethany UMC 11 am. - 1 p.m.
760 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna, GA 30082
McEachern UMC 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
4075 Macland Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127
Thursdays
Mt Pisgah Baptist 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
851 South Gordon Rd SW, Austell, GA 30168
St Luke UMC 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
5115 Brookwood Dr, Mableton, GA 30126
Get Involved
Volunteer
Checker/Packer and Kids' Kit Assembly volunteer page: https://signup.com/go/haWjNiD
Driver/Rider: https://signup.com/go/KNSGvVS
To volunteer for MUST Summer Lunch, please email volunteer@mustministries.org.
Kids' Kit Groups
Few things are as meaningful as helping others. Families, clubs, churches, neighborhoods and other groups can work together to make a high impact this summer by building Kids' Kits to feed hungry children. While students are out of school and unable to access meals for breakfast and lunch, MUST Ministries and our valuable partners are building and delivering Kids' Kits.
Simply purchase foods from the list of suggested items and join in the fun of putting the kits together…. a great group project.
Click here to donate items for Kids' Kits.
Donate Supplies
Click here to find our Amazon list of the most needed Summer Lunch items.
Click here to download instructions on how to make the Summer Lunch Kids' Kits.
Please deliver or ship all physical donations to our Donation Center and please denote that it is for Summer Lunch:
1280 Field Pkwy N,
Marietta, 30066
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Contact
For more information regarding Summer Lunch, email summerlunch@mustministries.org
Give a Financial Donation
To designate a financial donation to Summer Lunch, please click the button below and enter "Summer Lunch" in the Comment section.
Testimonial Slider
One little girl ran to her house with her lunch and came right back with half of her sandwich. I asked her where she went and she told me she put the other half on her bed so she would have dinner. It broke my heart.
--A volunteer
Once I was on a delivery route and we were short one lunch. I felt horrible for the last child in the line and my heart sank. Suddenly, a child ran up with an extra sack lunch and said he had gotten one for his brother, but he already had one. Suddenly, we had just enough! Those God moments happen all of the time in this program.
--A volunteer
The children are always so thrilled to get a book on Fridays. They run to a shady tree and huddle around to read to the younger ones. It’s so sweet. They can’t believe they get to keep the books.
--A volunteer
Nothing was more meaningful this year than feeding hungry children in my community. What a simple way to make a tremendous impact. Our church helped MUST make sandwiches, pack lunches and take them to children in great need. Their gratitude warmed my heart and I realized there is so much I can do right here in my own community.
--MUST Volunteer
The children run to the van to get their meals every day and sometimes I get a flower or a note or even a colored picture. It always touches my heart.
--A volunteer
