Together, We Can
End Hunger In Sumner
Sometimes, the needs of our community hide in plain sight, but that doesn’t mean they should stay hidden. Sumner County Schools have identified over 300 students who are experiencing homelessness right here in our own backyard. Many of these students experience malnutrition and don’t have much, if anything, to eat while they’re away from school. Their parents often struggle to provide food and may go hungry themselves so their children can eat. Teachers often spend their own money to help provide food for students in need.
Children and teens with hungry bellies find it difficult to concentrate in school, or may not attend school at all. They may be embarrassed to tell someone or ask for help. The children and teens of Sumner County should not carry this burden alone. We can help.
How We Can Help
The goal of End Hunger in Sumner is to support the Sumner County school system alongside churches, non-profits, and governmental entities, aiming to eliminate food insecurities faced by students and provide biblical life coaching assistance to their families.
Long Hollow Church and End Hunger in Sumner will install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students identified by the school during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays.
How It Works
Curious how our donation process works? Here is the step by step journey the food you've donated takes from the store shelf to a student's hand
You shop
Purchase items from our weekly shopping list. You can access this list by clicking below or scanning the QR code on the green donation bins at church. We encourage buying items in bulk to maximize impact.
Weekly List
Drop Off
Drop off your purchased items in the designated bins at any of the main church entrances.
Drop Off Location
Transport
Donations are transported to the End Hunger in Sumner Warehouse at the Hendersonville campus.
Sort & Pack
Volunteers carefully sort all items and organize them onto our warehouse shelves.
Help Us Sort & Pack!
School Pickup
This is a weekly commitment for an entire semester! (August-December and January-May) Teams from local schools come to the Warehouse to pick up the packed food bags.
Distribution
School counselors confidentially distribute the food to students in need each day.
Be a force for good
Here's how you can help
End Hunger in Sumner needs volunteers to help fill the needs of hungry students in Sumner County. It requires a constant supply of food and getting the food where it can serve the students. Find out how you can make a difference below!
Donate Food
End Hunger in Sumner will install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays. Here’s how you can provide food for hungry students.
Click HereServe at the Warehouse
We install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays. Here’s how you can provide food for hungry students.
Click HereServe at Long Hollow
There are several ways you can use your unique gifts and calling to impact children and help End Hunger in Sumner without stepping foot in a classroom.
Organize, stock, and assemble food bags in the the End Hunger in Sumner warehouse located at the Hendersonville campus.
Serve on a Sunday or Wednesday night at Hendersonville by moving filled bins to our on-campus warehouse and replacing them with empty bins.
Serve at a School
Serve as a group - gather your life group, discipleship group, friends, or family members to serve once weekly during the school year to help End Hunger in Sumner. If you don’t have a group, you can join an established team to restock bags at a local school every week for a semester (August - December or January - May).
Connect Your Group’s Leader: Your LH approved team leader will check in with the Missions Team regularly to stay up to date.
Commitment: Serve for a semester to pack food bags for your designated school and deliver them to the school at a consistent time each week during school hours. Responsibilities can be shared within the group, with some packing, some delivering.
Requirements: Background check, volunteer application, understand proper etiquette for school delivery, at least a few people on your team must have the ability to lift heavy loads, and when delivering, a larger vehicle/truck or multiple cars will be required. If you’d like to serve as a team leader, a separate leader application is required.
Be a force for good
Here's how you can help
End Hunger in Sumner needs volunteers to help fill the needs of hungry students in Sumner County. It requires a constant supply of food and getting the food where it can serve the students. Find out how you can make a difference below.
Donate Food
Purchase Food
Purchase food by accessing this week’s list of needed food items or scan the QR code in person beside the green collection bins on campus (Main Entrance, Kids Bridge, or Gathering Area). Prefer to have items shipped directly to the church? Visit our Amazon list to purchase items to be shipped directly to us.
Weekly Food ItemsDrop Off
Drop off your donation at either our Gallatin donation on Sundays or Wednesdays in the lobby, or at our Hendersonville location any time in the drop box at End Hunger in Sumner Warehouse.
If you're serving from outside our area and prefer to ship this items, take a look at our Amazon list and ship it directly to Long Hollow
Serve at the Warehouse
Help us organize, stock, and assemble food bags at the Hendersonville campus.
Sign Up HereServe at Long Hollow
There are several ways you can use your unique gifts and calling to impact children and help End Hunger in Sumner without stepping foot in a classroom.
Organize, stock, and assemble food bags in the the End Hunger in Sumner warehouse located at the Hendersonville campus.
Serve on a Sunday or Wednesday night at Hendersonville by moving filled bins to our on-campus warehouse and replacing them with empty bins.
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Serve at a School
Serve as a group - gather your life group, discipleship group, friends, or family members to serve once weekly during the school year to help End Hunger in Sumner. If you don’t have a group, you can join an established team to restock bags at a local school every week for a semester (August - December or January - May).
Connect Your Group’s Leader: Your LH approved team leader will check in with the Missions Team regularly to stay up to date.
Commitment: Serve for a semester to pack food bags for your designated school and deliver them to the school at a consistent time each week during school hours. Responsibilities can be shared within the group, with some packing, some delivering.
Requirements: Background check, volunteer application, understand proper etiquette for school delivery, at least a few people on your team must have the ability to lift heavy loads, and when delivering, a larger vehicle/truck or multiple cars will be required. If you’d like to serve as a team leader, a separate leader application is required.
Be a force for good
Here's how you can help
End Hunger in Sumner needs volunteers to help fill the needs of hungry students in Sumner County. It requires a constant supply of food and getting the food where it can serve the students. Find out how you can make a difference below!
Donate Food
End Hunger in Sumner will install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays. Here’s how you can provide food for hungry students.
Click HereServe at the Warehouse
End Hunger in Sumner will install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays. Here’s how you can provide food for hungry students.
Click HereServe at Long Hollow
End Hunger in Sumner will install and maintain meal pantries in select Sumner County Schools to provide easy-to-prep daily meals to students during the school year for evenings, weekends, and school holidays. Here’s how you can provide food for hungry students.
Click HereServe at a School
Serve as a group - gather your life group, discipleship group, friends, or family members to serve once weekly during the school year to help End Hunger in Sumner. If you don’t have a group, you can join an established team to restock bags at a local school every week for a semester (August - December or January - May).
Click Here
Connect Your Group’s Leader: Your LH approved team leader will check in with the Missions Team regularly to stay up to date.
Commitment: Serve for a semester to pack food bags for your designated school and deliver them to the school at a consistent time each week during school hours. Responsibilities can be shared within the group, with some packing, some delivering.
Requirements: Background check, volunteer application, understand proper etiquette for school delivery, at least a few people on your team must have the ability to lift heavy loads, and when delivering, a larger vehicle/truck or multiple cars will be required. If you’d like to serve as a team leader, a separate leader application is required.
Food For Families
Food for Families is our annual Thanksgiving opportunity for Long Hollow to be a force for good in our community. As an extension of End Hunger in Sumner, food-filled bags will be delivered to our local schools and homes of Sumner County students who deal with food insecurity. We will also provide bags to our local missions partners to provide food through their programs for families in need. Last year, we were able to serve 1,600+ families in Sumner County and the surrounding area. We’d love to help even more people this year!
How you can help
There are several ways you can participate in Food for Families!
Fill a bag
Beginning October 12, pick up a bag at any of the main entrances on campus and shop for needed items (lists will be attached). Look for the Food for Families bins on campus or the trailer to drop off the filled bags at Gallatin and Hendersonville on Sunday, November 2, 9, and 16.
Purchase a bag
If you attend online or are unable to shop for a bag, we would still love for you to participate! Gifts can be given in $30 increments (the estimated cost of a complete bag).
Purchase a BagVolunteer to deliver bags
We need volunteers to deliver bags to our local schools and missions partners at 10AM on Friday, November 21, and homes of Sumner County students at 10AM on Saturday, November 22. Sign up to help us deliver bags on your preferred day.
Delivery from GallatinDelivery from HendersonvilleAttend from out of town?
If you attend online and would like to donate locally for families in need in your community, click below to find a local food bank
Food Bank Near You
Have Questions?
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Missions Team
Email us hereShopping List
- 2 cans of corn (15.25 oz)
- 2 cans of green beans (14.5 oz)
- 2 boxes of stuffing mix (6 oz)
- 1 box of instant potatoes (13-15 oz)
- 1 can of cranberry sauce (14 oz)
- 2 envelopes of turkey gravy mix (.87 oz)
- 1 box of brownie mix (19.5 oz)
- 2 boxes of macaroni & cheese
- 1 $10 Kroger gift card for turkey (please place this in an envelope in the bag)
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