Twenty years of serving at Children’s Hunger Fund has marked the Harper family’s journey with countless memories of packing Food Paks, sorting Costco donations, and wrapping Christmas presents to help deliver hope to children in need. From volunteering at the old warehouse with their homeschool group to sharing about CHF in Kristen’s Christian fiction novel and inviting friends to experience Poverty Encounter, the Harper family continues to serve the Lord and send the gospel message of hope with every Food Pak.
Volunteers of the Month
The Goddard Family
For the Goddard Family, delivering hope is a family affair. The Goddards have been visiting our Los Angeles Distribution Center for nearly five years, and we are grateful for their dedication and joyful service.
When did you start volunteering with CHF?
- We started volunteering in the fall of 2021.
What do you like best about volunteering with CHF?
- When you come to a volunteer session at CHF, you and the group of people you are with are immediately put to work. It feels amazing to complete meaningful tasks that are helping impact people’s lives in a positive way.
What’s your favorite project to do at CHF?
- Our favorite family project is making the lentil soup packets (Meal Pak). Our family of four gets to create a little mini assembly line to get the ingredients in and packets sealed and ready for distribution!
Important Volunteer Force Dates
Saturday, June 20, 2026
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, 1:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Father’s Day
(Bring Dad!)
Saturday, July 25, 2026
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Hawaiian Holiday
(Wear a Hawaiian shirt)
Adjusted Summer Time Hours | July 1 – September 30
Tuesday 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Wednesday 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Friday 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Saturday 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Sign up for the Volunteer Force HERE!
Be encouraged by our 2030 Growth Initiative Impact Report – We couldn’t have done ANY of it without YOU!
Project Spotlight: Gift Paks!
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Children’s Hunger Fund receives many millions of dollars’ worth of donated products every year. In addition to food, these items can include clothing, cleaning supplies, kitchen accessories, personal hygiene items, and even toys. While the non-food items we receive will not find their way into a Food Pak, they are still immensely useful to the children and families we serve.
Hence—the Gift Pak! Like a Food Pak, the Gift Pak eases a small portion of a struggling family’s daily financial strain, allowing them to spend money on other essentials or important needs. In other words, they don’t have to choose between taking their daughter to the doctor and buying her a winter coat.
To make Gift Paks, our Volunteer Force sorts the wide variety of useful necessities donated by our corporate partners and assembles them into packages that are a great blessing to the families our churches serve. While CHF’s core ministry tool will always be the Food Pak, we are thrilled with the opportunity to express God’s care for the poor by equipping our Mercy Network Churches with the relational tool of Gift Paks.
We hope to see you soon to help us assemble some Gift Paks. We CANNOT do it without you!
Did You Know?
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14,489 Volunteers visited our Los Angeles Volunteer Center in 2025.
Did you also know that those 14,489 volunteers helped to provide 1,441,920 meals? |
Visit Poverty Encounter!
See the world with a new perspective. Come away with gratitude for what you have and compassion for those who lack. Get tickets here.
Do you love volunteering with Children’s Hunger Fund, but want to do more?
Can you commit 4 to 16 hours per month from your
Saturdays to provide some extra support to our Volunteer Team?
If you can, we want YOU to be a
CHF Super Volunteer!
Please Pray With Us
- Mercy Network churches – endurance and encouragement, fruit from their ministry
- Construction in Prosper, TX – new Children’s Hunger Fund Distribution Center
Our team loves to pray for our Volunteer Force. If you have any prayer requests, please send them, here. Your requests will be kept confidential and anonymous.
