At school
Students write a short lunch note and take their own note home to pack with a snack a grown-up approves. Do not require families to buy anything.
TodayKindness ChallengeNov 9 to 15, 2026
Coming up
Coming up: Nov 9 to 15, 2026.
Help pack a snack, or write a lunch note, for someone in your own home.
A volunteer in Aurora keeps packing weekend food bags for kids. Helping with one snack, or slipping a note into a lunch, is a small version of that care.
Three easy ways
At home
Help a grown-up pack a lunch, and add a one-sentence note.
In the neighborhood
With a grown-up you live with, add one shelf-stable item you already have at home to a food drive your school or library is already running. Do not ask strangers for food.
Printable tracker
Check a box each day you try the challenge. A class can write its total in the tally box.
The story that inspired it
A retired United Airlines worker has given 500 hours to a Colorado food bank
Aurora, Colorado · Oct 28, 2026
Bonnie Kirlin of Aurora has volunteered with Food Bank of the Rockies for more than eight years. After retiring, she still comes three or four times a month and packs weekend food bags for kids.
Reported by Denver7. The summary on Tazzora is checked against that report.
Teacher note
Do not require a family to buy food for this challenge. Read the linked story aloud before the class starts. Do not send children off alone. Do not collect a child's name, age, school, or email.
This page is for an adult to lead. The classroom section has more stories to read aloud.
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