Apply for the 2026 YSA x Sodexo Stop Hunger Youth Grants

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, in partnership with Youth Service America (YSA), has opened the 2026 Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge, inviting Okay–12 lecture rooms throughout the United States to design stronger, smarter, and extra student-led hunger-relief initiatives. This nationwide initiative empowers college students to make significant contributions of their communities whereas studying about management, service, and meals insecurity.

About the Opportunity

What is the Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge?

The Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge encourages lecture rooms to enhance present school-based starvation efforts—corresponding to meals drives, backpack applications, or different starvation initiatives—and make them extra student-led and impactful. Teachers information the course of, however college students take the lead in planning, decision-making, and implementation.

After signing up, lecture rooms obtain a Teacher Resource Guide, a venture toolkit, and reminders to assist streamline planning and guarantee college students can absolutely take part in the problem.

How It Works?

1. Sign Up

Teachers can register their classroom in just some minutes.
Sign-up deadline: February 7, 2026.

2. Hold One Classroom Conversation

Using YSA’s brief prompts, college students talk about starvation of their communities and discover enhance an present starvation venture at their college.

3. Students Take Action

Students plan and perform their venture between November 2025 and February 2026, after which submit a brief video (as much as 3 minutes) by March 6, 2026.

What Classrooms Receive?

• A concise Teacher Resource Guide

• Access to YSA’s Resource Toolkit Quiz

• Email reminders about deadlines and submit the class video

Why Join the Challenge?

• Simple and versatile for any Okay–12 grade

• Encourages youth management and pupil voice

• Enhances hunger-relief initiatives your college already runs

• Supports each short-term and long-term options

• National recognition for 29 lecture rooms

• 24 Semi-Finalists will obtain $250 or $500

• 5 Finalists will obtain $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, or $2,500

• Finalists will pitch to the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation for grants of as much as $2,500

 Timeline

• November–December 2025: Classroom dialogue and venture planning

• January–February 2026: Project implementation interval

• February 7, 2026: Sign-Up Deadline

• March 7, 2026: Video Submission Deadline

• April- May 2026: Celebrate throughout Youth Service Month and Global Youth Service Day

• June 2026: Finalists acknowledged and funded

Eligibility

• Open to Okay–12 lecture rooms in the United States

• Projects should handle starvation and be student-led

• Activities should be accomplished inside the venture window (November 2025 – February 2026)

Apply Here

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