Serving Quietly * Supporting Quietly * Helping Quietly
The Critical Needs Program Supports...
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The intent of the Critical Needs Program is to enable school staff to respond quickly and quietly to students they see in need and to students who ask for help.
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Your donation to the Emergency Lunch Fund will help ensure that every child has access to a nutritious school lunch alongside their peers, regardless of their financial situation. Your donation will truly impact a child!
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The Fargo Davies Eagle Cupboard provides emergency assistance to Davies students in need. Students are welcome to choose from a variety of grocery items, an assortment of hygiene products and various school supplies. Help is free and confidential.
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Fargo North's ‘Open Door’ is a hybrid food pantry and free clothing room for students in need. Students have access to basic necessities such as food, toiletry items, shoes, clothing, and a helping hand.
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Fargo South staff are volunteering their time and resources to run the Bruin Food Pantry to provide students and their families with access to emergency food and essential items.
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The Homeless Program is an effort to assist students in our public schools who are identified as experiencing homelessness, and to ensure that children and youth who are homeless have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as provided to all other students. Your generosity is vital to making a difference in every child’s life.
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The Husky Hutch helps elementary students and families across the District with basic necessities such as hygiene supplies, shoes, clothing and winter weather gear. This program was created to help those families who may just need a helping hand to get through a tough week or month.
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Liz’s Closet is a quiet and confidential location in middle school buildings where students who need items such as non-perishable food, hygiene supplies, clothing or other basic needs can receive support. Any student in need can come to Liz’s Closet and take what they need – no questions asked.
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The Foundation in collaboration with Fargo Public Schools ensures that all students in the free and reduced lunch program do not go without milk or juice during snack break. We will also provide milk for students who are not eligible for free and reduced lunch, but whose families are struggling to make ends meet.
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The Source is a collaboration between Woodrow Wilson High School and Fargo School District’s Student Wellness and Family Facilitators program to provide anonymous and confidential food, clothing, and basic needs to students and their families at no cost to them. The Source is housed at the Agassiz building but is accessible to any student/family district if their home school is unable to support their current needs
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The Washington Elementary PTA has established the Washington Helping Washington Fund to ensure that children and families have access to the support and resources they need to thrive and find success at school.
COVID-19 Crisis
With the spread of Covid-19, our community finds itself in an unprecedented situation. Many families with children at Fargo Public Schools are struggling to make ends meet. Please consider a donation to our Critical Needs Program which helps families with basic or critical needs. This can include health related needs, meals, winter weather gear, clothing, hygiene supplies, etc. Meeting these basic needs helps support a positive environment for students and families to thrive.
For Fargo Public Schools information about COVID-19 CLICK HERE.
Vires acquirit eundo!
“We gather strength as we go.”
“This is my supper.” Student states after taking a banana and breakfast bar. “I don’t get much, if any food at home.” These statements are heard far too often by teachers, staff and administration, to help with situations like these the Critical Needs Program was established.
The Critical Needs Program is organized by the Fargo Public Schools Development Foundation to ensure that each and every student who needs help with basic needs receives support. A school administrator states, “We are seeing a greater number of middle school students who do not even have a winter coat. Actually, some students are constantly moving from house to house of friends, because they no longer have support from their family.”
When basic or critical needs such as winter weather gear, school supplies, meals, health related needs, etc., are not met, students struggle to learn and receive a valuable education.
These youth are often at-risk of missing many days of school or dropping out altogether. Meeting these needs helps support a positive learning environment, because when basic needs are not being met students are not able to focus or learn.
