We send food home with students each weekend. A typical pak will include 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and snacks.
If your WDMCS student has a need for food on the weekends, contact your school counselor for information about registering. Your contribution to Booster Pak helps West Des Moines students reach their fullest potential.
We were one of the lucky recipients of some of the products that were donated during the Souper Bowl! We got roughly 1900 individual items that we can use to feed about 200 WDMCS kids that are part of our program. Thank you!
09/21/2023
P-EBT cards should be arriving shortly for students that have qualified. If you need more help, talk with your school counselor about getting a pak of food each week from Booster Pak as well.
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08/23/2023
Tomorrow is a big day! We hope all our students have a great first day, and great school year. To help make sure it's a great year, if your child needs extra food on the weekends, discuss this with their counselor so they could sign up for a pack to go home every Friday!
Anyone may also sign up here if you can meet income requirements:
Sign Up - Booster Pak We can all use some help. But it's hard to ask someone for help. At Booster Pak, we want you to know we're here for you. We want to make sure your student is successful. No child in our community should go hungry. So let us help you. It's easy. All you need to do
08/19/2023
Monday the 21st are the Tiger Launches and open houses across the district. This will be a great time to reach out to your child's counselor or nutrition services to get help signing up for Booster Pak if your child could use some extra food on the weekend!
Home - Booster Pak Our Kids Need Your Help At the end of the the school week in the West Des Moines Community School District, a student will open their locker and find a sack of food has been placed there. This will occur multiple times at every elementary, junior high school, Valley Southwoods, Walnut Creek and Vall...
08/11/2023
Don't forget, the last summer distribution will be Friday, August 11th.
If you need to sign up for weekend paks during the school year, please reach out to your WDMCS school's counselor or principal. Walnut Creek and Valley students, you can sign up to use the school pantries.
Anyone may also sign up here if you can meet income requirements: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXVhZuj9j0IECvmRB2-b9l4FFkNA4CAxnnjws6gvuPi33tHQ/viewform?pli=1
07/27/2023
Thank you, thank you, thank you Lutheran Church of Hope West Des Moines! We were able to gather over 1100 items to start the school year!
And thank you to my crew for helping manage it all!
06/15/2023
Don't forget, if you need extra food on the weekends, to stop by legion park tomorrow.
05/31/2023
We are happy to announce our summer program this year will be run by Valley Community Center. Any student, whom could use extra food on the weekend, is welcome to grab a pack on the days listed! These times coinside with the times nutrition services will be at Legion Park serving lunch.
03/21/2023
We know families could use a little help sometimes. If you need help, a great resource is below. You can look for pantries anywhere in the country.
Iowa Food Pantries | Food Banks, Food Pantries, Food Assistance in Iowa Iowa Food Pantries. Find the list of the latest Food Pantries added to our Iowa page. Click on the city pages to see the list of food pantries by city.
02/13/2023
Lutheran Church of Hope had their big SOUPer Bowl Drive. We were able to get over 2000 items from them to go in our secondary paks and pantries! Thank you to all who donated and helped get the items to our warehouse.
12/28/2022
We love when individuals help when they can. Thank you Kristina Harris for donating a whole box full if items, about 75 individuals items, for our paks!
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