Summer is a time of freedom and fun for many children—but for families facing food insecurity, it can bring added challenges.

During the school year, millions of children rely on school meal programs for nutritious food. When school is out, families must find ways to replace those meals while managing rising costs for groceries, childcare, and other essentials. For many, summer means stretching already tight budgets even further.

That's why many of CoreGiving's hunger-relief partners expand their programs during the summer months to help bridge this gap. One example is Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, which serves a region where more than 118,000 children face hunger. Through its Hunger Free Summer initiative, the organization helps provide additional meals and support to children and families when school is out of session.

Through Giving at Our Core, CoreGiving proudly supports organizations like Second Harvest, strengthening local efforts that help ensure children and families have access to nutritious food throughout the year.

"Summer can be one of the hardest times for families facing food insecurity," said Nancy Keil, President and CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. "Partnerships like CoreGiving's help us provide meals, raise awareness, and inspire broader community support."

Second Harvest is one of many hunger-relief partners working every day to help children and families thrive. By participating in Giving at Our Core, our network can help strengthen these efforts and support trusted organizations responding to local needs with compassion and care.

No child should face summer hunger alone. Together, we can nourish children and families today while building stronger communities for tomorrow.

Across the country, families are struggling to keep up with rising costs for essentials like food, housing, transportation, and healthcare. For many, tight budgets and economic uncertainty mean difficult choices every day—between paying bills, putting food on the table, and meeting other basic needs.

Children are especially vulnerable in these circumstances. Without consistent access to nutritious meals, their ability to learn, grow, and thrive can be affected. Hunger impacts not only their health and well-being today, but also their opportunities for the future.

"Hunger doesn't always look the way people expect," said Jerry Brown, Director of Public Relations at St. Mary's Food Bank. "Many parents working hard every day are still struggling to provide enough food for their families. It's critical that communities come together to support these families and ensure no child goes hungry."

Families facing hunger need more than food—they need a community that understands their challenges and is ready to help. Hunger-relief organizations play a vital role in providing that support but rising demand and increasing costs continue to strain resources across the country.

That's why CoreGiving launched Giving at Our Core, an annual fundraising campaign that brings people and partners together to support trusted hunger-relief organizations serving children and families in need. Through collective generosity, the campaign helps strengthen local efforts to provide nutritious meals and critical support in communities nationwide.

The challenges families face today are significant, but so is the power of our network coming together around a shared purpose. By investing in hunger-relief efforts, our supporters can help ensure more children and families receive the nourishment they need to thrive.

Together, we can help build stronger, healthier communities where every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Across the country, rising economic pressures are placing more children and families at risk of food insecurity. In response, CoreGiving launched Giving at Our Core, an annual fundraising campaign uniting companies in a shared effort to help nourish children and families through trusted hunger-relief organizations nationwide.

Giving at Our Core is rooted in the belief that collective generosity can create lasting community impact. By bringing together CoreGiving’s leadership partners and their vendors, the campaign transforms individual contributions into a broader movement of support for families facing hunger.

At the heart of this initiative are CoreGiving’s leadership partners, including American Campus Communities, April Housing, Beam Living, BioMed Realty, BRE Hotels & Resorts, Brio Real Estate, Link Logistics, Perform Properties, Pure Industrial, QTS, and Revantage. These companies are not only investing in the mission financially but also encouraging their networks to join in expanding the campaign’s reach and impact.

Together, these partnerships help strengthen hunger-relief efforts in communities across the country, supporting access to nutritious meals for children and families facing growing need. Each contribution plays a role in helping communities respond with compassion, dignity, and care.

Giving at Our Core reflects what is possible when companies come together around a shared purpose. As more partners join the campaign, the momentum continues to grow—helping nourish children and families and creating meaningful impact nationwide.

Join us in Giving at Our Core and help nourish children and families together.

Recent storms have taken a heavy toll on communities across our region. In places like Kerrville and San Angelo, flooding has left many families facing damaged homes and unimaginable loss.

In the face of these challenges, our community has shown incredible strength and compassion- neighbors helping neighbors, volunteers and relief organizations stepping up, and the San Antonio Food Bank providing critical resources to ensure that no one goes without.

Across Southwest Texas, more than 200,000 children living in low-income households rely on school provided breakfast and lunch. But when school lets out, those meals disappear—leaving many kids facing hunger.

Food insecurity isn’t just about hunger—it’s about the long-term impact on health, education, and financial well-being. When individuals and families don’t have reliable access to nutritious food, the effects cascade into nearly every aspect of life. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank sees firsthand how providing access to nutritious food items can change lives in powerful ways.

In these challenging times, we’re seeing many new faces here at St. Mary’s Food Bank — people who’ve been hit hard by inflation and soaring costs. Many are turning to us for the very first time.

It only takes a slight rent increase, an unexpected expense like a flat tire, or a visit to the emergency room to cause a family to face the unthinkable: hunger. For one in eight Central Floridians, that’s the reality.

On a bustling day at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank’s new distribution center in the City of Industry, volunteers from April Housing and other CoreGiving partners came together to pack boxes of food, addressing both food insecurity and nutrition insecurity in the community.