Extra Mile Walk 2025
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Click “Donate” and you will be directed to a secure area to complete your transaction.
- Enter the amount you wish to donate.
- Enter donor information.
- Select a school/department from the drop down menu.
- Complete your transaction.
- If you would like to donate to more than one school/department, please complete a separate transaction for each.
Suggested Donation Amounts
Thanks to the generosity of the Acklie Charitable Foundation, every dollar donated to the Extra Mile Walk will be matched—up to $200,000!
- $10 will provide a student with a food-filled backpack for one weekend.
- $30 will provide three students with a food-filled backpack for one weekend.
- $60 will supplement the needs of a family of 4 at their monthly School Food Market for a semester.
- $125 will supplement the needs of a family of 4 at their monthly School Food Market for an entire academic year.
- $275 will provide a student with a food-filled backpack each weekend for an academic year.
About Child Hunger Programs
In collaboration with more than 110 school partners in Southeast Nebraska, more than 1 million meals were connected through our Child Hunger Programs last fiscal year. This is done through four programs that aim to alleviate child hunger:
BackPack Program connects about 2,200 children with easy to prepare meals and snacks each Friday during the academic year.
School Food Markets and Pantries are held in schools across Southeast Nebraska, where about 4,600 students and their families select food from a monthly pop-up distribution in their school.
Lincoln Public Schools Emergency Pantry provides shelf-stable foods from a centrally located space three days a week during the school year.
Student-Parent Voucher Program provides vouchers to help student parents offset the cost of groceries.
Featured Reading
Pa, Me, and Our Sidewalk Pantry by Toni Buzzeo
Pa and his grandchild, Jelly Bean, have a sidewalk library filled with stories. Anyone can bring donations or take something to read. Jelly Bean loves the sidewalk library! But what about when their neighbors might need something more than books?
Together, Pa and Jelly Bean build a sidewalk pantry right next to the sidewalk library. They get donations from neighbors who have a lot to give, and leave the doors open for those who may not have enough.
