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Find quick answers to some of the questions we hear most often about All for Lunch, school partnerships, donations, and school lunch debt.
If you are a school with lunch debt and would like to partner with All for Lunch, simply fill out the form below. Please include your school name, city, state, and total school lunch debt. Our team will then create your school-specific fundraiser and send it to your school to share! Once we receive your information, we will create a fundraising page on our website and provide you with the link to share. On that page, there will be a unique donation form that will allocate any donations that come in on that page to your fundraiser accordingly. All for Lunch will handle collecting donations, sending tax receipts, and distributing funds to the school.
All for Lunch relies entirely on donations from community members and businesses to eliminate school lunch debt within the districts that we work with. This is why we create unique school/district fundraisers so that funds that come in for a specific area can be allocated accordingly. We find schools have the most success not only eliminating their lunch debt one time, but keeping it eliminated by sharing the fundraising page through their PTA, social media accounts and parent/community communications. Many donors sign up to give monthly, allowing funds to continue to support their local schools.
Because All for Lunch relies entirely on donations from community members and local businesses we are not always able to eliminate the entirety of the lunch debt for a given school or district. We work closely with schools to help create a compelling and engaging fundraising page on our website, and share tips with schools to increase community donations and involvement with the goal of not only eliminating the school lunch debt in time but also keeping schools lunch debt free moving forward.
All for Lunch receives donations daily throughout any given month. Our team runs donation reports at the beginning of each month and funds raised through your unique fundraiser donation form will be sent between the 15th and 20th of the following month.
YES! We LOVE to partner with entire districts to help keep schools lunch debt free! On your unique district landing page, we will have a donation form that not only collects funds for your district but also allows donors to specify if there is a specific school where they would like their funds applied. We send you all donation specifications when funds are distributed each month.
Partnering with All for Lunch is FREE! We have no hidden fees or costs and 100% of donations that come in through your unique page go directly back to your school.
Schools in every state can partner with All for Lunch! While our headquarters are based in the state of Georgia, All for Lunch partners with schools throughout the country. As our donations to schools are funded by the support from the local community, the impact we are able to make in eliminating school lunch debt in an area is directly related to the sharing of the fundraiser page to raise awareness to increase the impact that we can make.
At this time, there are 9 states in the US that provide free lunch programs for all students in the state. The states with free lunch are California, Maine, New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York and Vermont. If your donation is allocated for a school or district in a state with free lunch, your donation will be redirected to schools in another state with lunch debt.
Absolutely! Many of our fundraising campaigns are started by individuals like you that are interested in helping their local schools eliminate school lunch debt. Our process works the same way in which we create a fundraising page and provide you with a link to share. On that page, there is a unique fundraising form that allows us to identify any donations that come in for your fundraiser and allocate them accordingly. Fill out the form below to get started fundraising today!
Unfortunately, All for Lunch can only work with schools to distribute funds and pay off school lunch debt. At this time All for Lunch is unable to work directly with individuals or families that have school lunch debt.
Yes, All for Lunch allows donors to indicate if there is a specific school, district, or state where you would like your donation applied. While we make every effort to fulfill a donation specification, there are times that we are unable to do so. The school may not have lunch debt, they may provide free lunch to their students, or the school may be unresponsive to our attempts to connect and distribute funds. When this happens, funds are then applied to other schools that have students carrying school lunch debt.
Absolutely! Many of our fundraising campaigns are started by individuals like you that are interested in helping their local schools eliminate school lunch debt. Our process works the same way in which we create a fundraising page and provide you with a link to share. On that page, there is a unique fundraising form that allows us to identify any donations that come in for your fundraiser and allocate them accordingly. Fill out the form below to get started fundraising today!
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