Food for Thought Outreach

Food for Thought Outreach Inc provides access to healthy, easy to prepare meals to children in need in walton and okaloosa county. We provide weekly backpacks of Food to children living in Food insecure homes. These children depend on the free or reduced meals at their schools as their main source of Food. When they are not in school, they often do not have any Food available. Our mission is to remove the negative impacts of hunger and empower these children to get the most of their education and developement. Currently,food for Thought serves 35 schools in walton and okaloosa counties, providing backpacks for more than 3,300 students each week.volunteer resources are integral part of Food distribution, particularly in the packaging of fresh produce, bagging children's Food bags, and sorting donated Food.

Food for Thought operates and manages full circle kitchen and full circle garden programs that teach kids invaluable life skills by not only teaching how to cook, but also how to grow their own Food. These special classes offered to high school students enrolled in backpack program demonstrate and explain through hands-on instruction, fundamental cooking skills. Throughout the year, there were 42 full circle kitchen classes , benefiting 5-10 students per week, across five non-profit organizations.