All children should have access to nutritious food. Brighter Bites is the nonprofit that delivers fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands. We teach families how to use the produce and watch their behavior change.
OUR FORMULA:
PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION
~50 servings of fresh produce weekly per family
NUTRITION EDUCATION
in-class and at-home nutrition education
FUN FOOD EXPERIENCE
~50 servings of fresh produce weekly per family
*Done consistently for 16 weeks across the school year and up to 8 weeks in the summer to create healthy habits and durable behavier change.
OUR IMPACT:
significant increase in the amount of fruits and vegetables consumed two-fold increase in cooking meals from scratch, & a significant increase in eating meals together significant decrease in added sugars consumed among children
OUR REACH:
Since 2012, Brighter Bites has:
• s erved over one million individuals
• di stributed millions of nutrition education materials
• deli vered over 60 million pounds of fresh produce
The better we nourish, the brighter we flourish.
Corporate Partnerships
Brighter Bites partners with organizations from all industries and sizes to deliver our mission of creating communities of health through fresh food. Our corporate service projects, available on-site at Brighter Bites partner schools and remotely, provide your staff the opportunity to bond as a team while giving back to communities across the country.
Ready to make a difference with Brighter Bites? Read on to learn about our partnership models. Don’t find a perfect match? We welcome ideas of all kinds. Reach out today to cook up something bright together.
“We resonate with Brighter Bites’ holistic approach to providing equitable access to fresh food and robust nutrition education to kids and their parents to reinforce healthy eating habits. We’re proud to support Brighter Bites and build healthier communities together.”
TONY WU DEI + SOCIAL IMPACT PROGRAM MANAGER SWEETGREEN
In-Person Volunteer Events
Brighter Bites corporate volunteer events offer your team a chance to give back while bonding as a team. From packing produce bags, to distributing fruits and vegetables directly to families, there are many ways to make a difference.
PRODUCE BAGGING
Volunteers join us at Brighter Bites school locations to unload, sort, and repack fresh fruits and vegetables into Brighter Bites grocery bags for families to pick up and take home later that day. Volunteers dive in to fresh produce to ensure students and families receive high quality produce.
PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION
During this after-school event, volunteers greet families and distribute Brighter Bites produce bags via walking and drive-through pick-up lines. Volunteers witness the joy of Brighter Bites firsthand, as they pass out fresh fruits and vegetables to all of the students and families at the school.
PRODUCE BUILDS
In select cities, we welcome group volunteers to join us at our partner warehouses to prepare produce orders and pack pallets of fruits and veggies for delivery to Brighter Bites schools. Volunteers will get a behind-the-scenes look at how produce moves from farm to campus!
The better we nourish, the brighter we flourish.
Remote Volunteer Events
Our Brighter Bites Family Cooking Kit provides staff the opportunity to give back, as well as bond as a team.
VOLUNTEER AS A TEAM
Through this project, your company sponsors kits that contain family-focused tips and tools to get kids involved in the kitchen. Team members simply open the kit and follow the instructions to assemble a family cooking kit. Finished kits are then distributed to families at Brighter Bites partner schools. These kits are available to both in-office and remote team members.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Brighter Bites Family Cooking Kits can be scaled to any size, making them ideal for team events or organization-wide service days. Kits are shipped to employees directly to employees’ offices or individual homes. When possible, Brighter Bites staff can attend your company event in-person or remotely and speak to the impact of the project on the families we serve. Brighter Bites staff can also coordinate the logistics of your team distributing the completed kits to our participating families!
Your sponsorship covers the cost of all materials, shipping, and labor needed to get the kits from your hands to Brighter Bites families. The proceeds go directly to program costs.
Scratch-Cooked Partnerships
We love cooking up bright ideas with our partners! Here are a few ways we’ve worked with companies to make families’ lives brighter, together.
AVOCADO WEEK CELEBRATION
Working with Avocados from Mexico and Mission Produce, we celebrated Avocado Week at schools around the country. Together, we delivered nearly 24,000 avocados to families along with custom branded materials featuring avocado themed recipes and nutrition education tips.
KIWI ART CONTESTOur Kiwi Art Contest, sponsored by ZespriKiwifruit, inspired hundreds of students to channel their inner artist through kiwi themed drawings. Everyone was a winner with Zespri donating kiwis to families in California, New York, and Washington, D.C. along with nutrition education recipes and resources.
PRODUCE DONATION
Our partners at GoodPop made a key contribution that will enable Brighter Bites to enhance its summer programming and provide watermelon—one of the main ingredients in GoodPop’s Watermelon Agave frozen pops—to members of the Brighter Bites Austin and San Antonio communities.
The better we nourish, the brighter we flourish.
Let’s keep a good thing growing!
More ways to partner with Brighter Bites
SPONSOR A SCHOOL
Sponsor the program for one school for one year. This sponsorship covers the cost for staffing, logistics, and operations in a school for 16 weeks of programming over the school year.
SPONSOR A SCHOOL’S CURRICULUM
Purchase the nutrition education curriculum for one school for one year. SUPPORTERS
SPONSOR A FAMILY
Provide fresh produce and nutrition education for a family for one year of programming. This includes ~50 servings of produce biweekly and nutrition education resources for the home!
SPONSOR A SUMMER PROGRAM
Sponsor the program at a summer site hosting Brighter Bites. This includes 4-8 weeks of fresh produce and access to nutrition education for families enrolled.
