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 6000 children for 9 weeks.
An estimated 540,000 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 29. Continue scrolling to learn how you can get involved!
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Fox5 Helping Hands, Publix & The LumiStella Company
Items:
Plastic grocery bags
12oz or 16oz jar of peanut butter
12oz or 16oz jar of jelly (plastic only please)
8oz bottles of water
Capri Sun
Juice boxes
Summer Lunch Food Donation Sites For 2023 • Open 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Starting June 1)
Mondays
• Cumberland Community Church, 3059 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
• Hillside UMC, 4474 Towne Lake Pkwy, Woodstock, GA 30189
• Marietta 1st Presbyterian Church, 189 Church St, Marietta, GA 30060
• Waleska UMC, 7340 Reinhardt College Pkwy, Waleska, GA 30183
• St Luke UMC, 5115 Brookwood Dr, Mableton, GA 30126
• Canton First United Methodist Church, 930 Lower Scott Mill Rd, Canton, GA 30115
Tuesdays
• Cumberland Community Church, 3059 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
• Bethany UMC, 760 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna, GA 30082
• Due West UMC, 3956 Due W Rd NW, Marietta, GA 30064
• Green Acres Baptist Church, 591 Pat Mell Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
• MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway N, Marietta, GA 30066
Wednesdays
• McEachern UMC, 4075 Macland Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127
• Bethany UMC, 760 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna, GA 30082
• Marietta 1st Presbyterian Church, 189 Church St, Marietta, GA 30060
• Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, 851 South Gordon Rd SW, Austell, GA 30168
• Waleska UMC, 7340 Reinhardt College Pkwy, Waleska, GA 30183
• Green Acres Baptist Church, 591 Pat Mell Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
• MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway N, Marietta, GA 30066
• North Metro Baptist Church, 1026 Old Peachtree Rd NE, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Thursdays
• McEachern UMC, 4075 Macland Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127
• Hillside UMC, 4474 Towne Lake Pkwy, Woodstock, GA 30189
• Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, 851 South Gordon Rd SW, Austell, GA 30168
• Due West UMC, 3956 Due W Rd NW, Marietta, GA 30064
• St Luke UMC, 5115 Brookwood Dr, Mableton, GA 30126
• MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway N, Marietta, GA 30066
• Canton First United Methodist Church, 930 Lower Scott Mill Rd, Canton, GA 30115
Fridays
• MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway N, Marietta, GA 30066
Saturdays
• MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway N, Marietta, GA 30066
Get Involved
Volunteer
To volunteer to be a Driver/Rider, click here
To volunteer to be a Checker/Packer or Drive-thru volunteer, click here
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 here and enter "Summer Lunch" in the Comment section.
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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
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
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
