Feeding Children

Help provide meals to homeless children

Feeding Empty Little Tummies (F.E.L.T.), was founded in 2010 in Manatee County to feed homeless children on weekends, a time when these children often go hungry. %0A%0AF.E.L.T. currently provides meals to 800 children every week. Your AGX donation will help feed additional children to achieve the goal of feeding 1500 homeless children each week.. %0A%0ATo donate to this worthy cause, simply select a quantity of AGX in 100 increments, then click check out to scan the QR code with your AGXPay mobile wallet app to send AGX to F.E.L.T. %0A%0AManatee County is home to approximately 3,500 homeless – many of these children. Each child in the F.E.L.T. backpack program is pre-qualified by Project Heart. Project Heart is the Manatee School District’s Title X Homeless Education Program, providing education related support services for students who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Project Heart comes under the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act. The defined qualifications are:%0A%0A– Children and youth sharing housing due to the loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason%0A– Children and youth living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camp grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations%0A– Children or youth living in emergency or transitional shelters%0A– Children or youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations%0A– Children awaiting permanent Foster Care%0A%0AFELT is a based on the foundation of volunteer, donor-generated charity. All proceeds go directly to providing homeless children nutritious food while not in school. Our volunteers graciously give their time and resources without compensation or reimbursement.