WeEKEND POWER PACK
No child should go hungry on the weekend.
Bags of family-sized meals that go home with Fauquier County students on weekends.
About 488 students
Fed every week of the school year
Every weekend
Plus school holidays and snow days
No eligibility requirements
Any family who needs help can take part
Summer power packs
Ensuring children don’t go hungry on the weekends
What’s inside a power pack?
Every weekend, we send students home with power packs filled with family-sized portions of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Like all the food we provide, each pack follows the DASH approach—focusing on nutritious meals that kids and parents can easily make together. A typical pack might include:
- Cereal and peanut butter
- Spaghetti and sauce
- Granola bars
- An apple and other healthy options
Packs are given out discreetly, so children can take them home with dignity.
More than weekends
Covering every day off from school
When school is out, school meals are too. We make sure students have food for every day they miss.
School breaks & long weekends
Students go home with enough food to cover each day missed from school during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring break, and over every 3-day weekend.
Snow Day Kits
We provide our schools with plenty of Snow Day Kits, filled with food that can be sent home ahead of weather-related school closings.
How to receive power packs
There are no eligibility requirements to take part. Here’s how families can get power packs throughout the year.
School year
Through your child’s school
The program serves students in Fauquier County Public Schools, VPI, and Head Start.
Contact your child’s school counselor to enroll, or email us and we’ll send you their contact information.
Summer
At summer sites and events
We share power packs with students at Fauquier Community Child Care (FCCC) and at summer events including FRESH, FCPS STEAM, and FCPS Back to School.
All year long
At the public library
Power packs are available at Fauquier County Public Library branches.
Summer distribution dates will be posted here at the start of summer.
Looking for other kinds of help?
See all of our programs, plus food pantry hours and closures, in one place.
Help feed a child this weekend
Since 2014, neighbors like you have made sure Fauquier County children have food when school is out.
Sponsor a power pack
For just $25/month, you can provide a full year of Weekend Power Packs for a child in need.
Donate food
See what our Weekend Power Pack program needs most right now.
Volunteer
Every week, 25 to 30 volunteers pack and deliver power packs for children across the county.
Businesses interested in sponsoring weekly power packs can reach us at weekendpowerpack@fauquierfish.org.