Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK)
The mission of Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) is to provide nutritional support to children from food insecure homes within the Northland Pines, Three Lakes, and Phelps School Districts.
“Take what you need, Give what you can!”
The program provides children a 'free food' resource during their school day and provides families a local year-round, up to 7 day a week, emergency 'food cupboard'.
FAMILY FOOD HELPLINE Vilas & Oneida County
The Family Food Helpline gives area residents a road map to locally available 'Free Food' programs, that will make their household's food insecurity easier to navigate.
When you need food, you can get help, just call the Family Food Helpline.
Stay Connected with FORK
“Keeping people informed about FORK's free food support programs, as well as providing the community with details of our collaborative 'food for kids' partnerships is literally our biggest challange. What we see as one of the most important tools in this task is FORK’s annual newsletter.”
Register for our "End of Year" Newsletter by submitting your email address below.
FORK Legacy Fund provides financial stability and long-term sustainability to both Feed Our Rural Kids Inc, as well as other local childhood nutrition support programs.
Latest News
FORK distributes new Food Security Resource Guide
Distribution is underway for Feed Our Rural Kids’ (FORK’s) updated 2026 Food Security Resource Guide. The resource guide was created in partnership with the Vilas and Oneida departments of Human Services. The goal for this program was to address this area’s need for a comprehensive and accurate directory of programs and sources for food support…
Northwoods Children’s Museum earns 2025 Crimson FORK Award
Local organizations rely on the generosity and kindness of the community to support initiatives that are important to the lives of people who live and work here. In that spirit, each year, Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) awards the Crimson FORK Award to someone within the community who has helped provide solutions and support for…
Children’s Museum hosts first 24-hour FORK Pantry location
Feed Our Rural Kids (FORK) was created to fill in gaps within the area’s current nutrition support programs. With 12 FORK Pantry locations in place, the program provides free food support closer to most area residents’ homes than our area’s three traditional food pantry locations. It also provides a greatly expanded number of hours each…
