For the 21st consecutive year, volunteers have partnered to purchase, prepare, and deliver free sack lunches to students on free and reduced lunch. 

PEACHTREE CITY (August 18, 2025) — More than 621 Fayette County students received 25,820 free sack lunches this summer, all donated, packed and delivered with love by local faith groups.

The Summer Lunch Program, now in its 21st year, serves students enrolled in the district’s free and reduced meals program. 

Each weekday, during June & July, volunteers from 16 different faith groups gather to prepare, pack and deliver lunches each weekday. 

It began with a question: How do students on free and reduced lunch during the school year manage once summer rolls around?

Volunteers sprang into action and the rest is history. 

Members of Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Fayetteville FUMC, Jack & Jill of Fayette, Peachtree City First Baptist Church, Fayette Presbyterian, Evergreen Church, Peachtree City First Presbyterian, Olivet Baptist, The Islamic Community Center of Atlanta, Congregation B’nai Israel, Church of the Nativity, Holy Trinity, St. Matthews, St. Gabriel, Prince of Peace, The Islamic Speakers Bureau, Holly Grove AME, The Real Life Center, the Master Gardeners of Fayette County, DFACS & AV Pride work together to make sure that students in our county receive a lunch Monday through Friday throughout the summer. The Real Life Center provided 1800 weekend grocery bags for every family on Fridays.

On Friday, August 15th, an Interfaith Luncheon was hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, celebrating and honoring all the many volunteers who put such love, hard work and dedication into this program.