Real Food for Kids advocates for increased access to healthy food and nutrition education in our schools.

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Beat summer hunger with Virginia SUN Bucks! This offers a $120 grocery benefit per eligible student in the summer months. Connect your community with these benefits today!

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At the Annual Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge, teams of students from across the greater Washington D.C. area compete to design and prepare healthy school lunch menu offerings.

school meals by students MEET THE WINNERS OF 2026

Real Food for Kids and local chefs + farms have teamed up to provide nourishing meals, meal kits and produce bags to nutrition and food-insecure families in the greater Washington area.

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Enroll in our free, virtual trainings to learn about how to apply for SNAP in Virginia. You will also gain access to outreach materials for bringing critical food assistance to your communities.

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FREE MEALS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED

RASA, Chef Tim Ma of Lucky Danger, Silver Diner, Design Cuisine, MightyMeals, B. Lin Catering and Pizzeria Paradiso join Real Food for Kids: Chefs Feeding Families, an initiative launched by Real Food for Kids and Chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery to provide free meals to children and families in need due to school learning changes and job losses. Thank you to all our sponsors and individual donors for their generous support.  READ MORE

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REAL FOOD FOR KIDS IMPACT

“The new food bar named the Statesmen Station was a significant paradigm shift. Not only was it a change in food offerings, but it was also a shift in how our food is presented and served to students.”

-Jay Pearson
Executive Principal, Region 2, Fairfax County Public Schools

“The key to the success of RFFK has been their collaborative nature and ability to bring new voices—from parents and students to world-renowned food experts and chefs—to the policymaking table.”

– Ryan McElveen
Fairfax County School Board Member At-Large

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