April 2nd, 2022

Cans for Kids donated over 300 pounds to support the Ardrey kell Hunger Drive.

February 25th, 2022

Cans for Kids gathered 15 volunteers and cleaned up the Ardrey Kell School Campus within just one hour.

January 20th, 2022

Cans for Kids donated 263 pounds of food to the Community House Middle School in order to support their new food pantry by working with Ballantyne Helping Neighbors in Need. This pantry is designed to bring aid to those in CHMS and their families who are in need of food.

November 19th, 2021

Cans for Kids donates over 200 books to Southwest Middle School.

November 16th, 2021

Cans for Kids hosts their first club meeting at Ardrey Kell High School.

October 16th, 2021

Cans for Kids hosts an in-person fundraiser at Stone Creek Ranch Community Clubhouse, and with the help of 15 volunteers, we were able to raise over 400 dollars for Second Harvest.

Summer 2021

Cans for Kids hosts an in-person event selling snacks and drinks every week at Stone Creek Ranch Community pool to raise funds for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Over the summer, we held over eight fundraisers and we raised over 100 dollars for the Second Harvest food bank.

March 27th, 2021

Cans for Kids hosts an in-person food drive at Stone Creek Ranch Community Clubhouse. 21 volunteers participated in this food drive by gathering donations, weighing food, and sorting food. Cans for Kids advertised through flyers and emails leading up to the event. Over 800 pounds of food were collected during this food drive.

October 31st, 2020

Cans for Kids hosts an in-person food drive at Stone Creek Ranch Community Clubhouse, gathering donations, weighing food, and sorting food. Cans for Kids advertised through flyers and emails in the weeks leading up to the event. There were 15 volunteers that helped out, and over 500 pounds were collected.

Summer 2020

Cans for Kids members volunteer in-person at Second Harvest Food Bank, helping to pack food and sort donations over the course of the whole summer.

May, 2020

Cans for Kids donates 300 masks to Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools to assist in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic along with another 300 masks to Second Harvest Food Bank. An article was written by CMS about this on the CMS website.

April 17th, 2020

Cans for Kids starts operations with our first donation to Second Harvest Food Bank after collecting over 100 pounds of cans, pasta, and other non-perishable goods.