HART Pantry

HART (Helping At-Risk Teens) Pantry's mission is to feed and give support to At-Risk Teens in the Peoria, Glendale, Surprise areas who are trying to graduate high school. HART Provides weekend food bags and weekday supper bags to these high school students who only have food to eat when they are at school. Students are not known to HART Pantry volunteers. They are identified by local high school counselors, administrators and SRO officers.

HART Pantry was started by a husband and wife team and originally served just one high school and a handful of students. Sadly enough, over the years, the need for services has grown immensely. HART currently supplies about 350 weekend food bags to At-Risk Teens weekly in over 15 schools. HART also supplies toiletries, feminine hygiene products and bicycles to these same students when they are requested by our school contacts. HART Pantry is run totally by 100% volunteers. All donations go towards our low overhead costs and food for the kids. We rely on donations from individuals, local churches and local corporations and also grants.