Feeding Dreams Receives $20,000 Gift from Collier County Community Foundation

NAPLES, Fla. – Nov. 18, 2025 – Feeding Dreams announces a new charitable gift of $20,000 from the Collier Community Foundation. The funds will be used to supply Power Packs, weekend backpack meals, to children at Guadalupe Center in Immokalee, Fla. The purpose of the Weekend Backpack Meals for Hungry Children program is to replace the calories children miss over the 68-hour hunger gap between Friday’s school lunch and Monday morning’s school breakfast. Feeding Dreams provides a “best in class” set of weekend backpack meal offerings including 15 kid-friendly, shelf stable meals designed to meet or exceed the USDA recommendations for calories, carbohydrates, and protein for elementary school aged children for two days over the weekend.

“68 hours is a long time for a child to go without eating and kids can’t learn on an empty stomach,” said Feeding Dreams Executive Director Jeri Goetz. “During the week, students eat breakfast and lunch at school. Over the weekend they often go without eating enough or at all. Our meals fill that 68 hour weekend hunger gap. We know that Feeding Dreams Power Pack students earn better grades, achieve better attendance, receive fewer behavior infractions, and visit the school nurse less frequently. We’re grateful to Collier Community Foundation.”