Faith-based · Wamego, Kansas

Be the light for a child in need.

A full belly makes room for a bright mind. Food is what powers these children to be at their full potential every single day. If your child is missing out on important nutrients, please fill out our weekend care pack form which is listed at the bottom of the website.

Volunteers of all ages joining hands in prayer before packing care packs in Wamego

"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

Matthew 5:16

The mission

Doing the good works He prepared

For students who could use a hand, we send home a weekend's worth of food while school is in session — no cost, just care.

Nourish

Real, wholesome food so no kid has to stretch an empty Saturday into Monday's breakfast bell.

Support families

We help families not have to worry about what their kids will eat over the weekend.

Be His hands & feet

Every bag carries the love of Jesus Christ — given with joy.

Volunteers packing food into care packs at tables in the community hall
Volunteers filling weekend care pack bags together at a tableA child carrying home a care pack of food from school
Our story

Why Be The Light?

Be The Light began right here in Wamego, Kansas — a small nonprofit built on being the light. Whether that means being there for someone who needs help or that means just being kind to people to hopefully have a positive impact on them and others around them.

Grounded in faith, we started small but built into a true cooperative family. What began as a handful of bags has grown into a huge helping hand for children all around Wamego and soon other school districts. We also started offering holiday boxes for families to celebrate Easter and Thanksgiving with a nice meal. You can find forms for these holiday boxes in the registration section.

Our heart hasn't changed. We're here to lift the weight off families in need and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

From our hands to home

Every bag packed with love

It starts as empty grocery bags and ends as bins full of nutrition and God's love ready to be shared with hungry children. Folks of every age give up an evening to sort, fill, and pray over what goes inside.

What looks like a bag of groceries is really a promise — that a kid in our town is seen, known, and won't be forgotten when the weekend comes.

Tables lined with finished weekend care packs ready to deliverA team filling care packs together at round tablesBoxes lined up on the floor ready to be filled with food
WHAT DRIVES US

Our program goals

1

Feed hungry kids well

2

Ease the weight on local families

3

Share the love of Christ

Get involved

Three ways to be the light

However God is nudging you, there's a spot with your name on it.

Give

Your gift buys the food. Every dollar heads straight to a bag bound for a kid's kitchen table.

Pray

Cover our kids, families, and volunteers in prayer. Send us a request and we'll carry it with ours.

Serve

Shop, sort, pack, or deliver — roll up your sleeves and join the crew any week you're free.

Children picking up their weekend care packs at school
WAMEGO USD 320 SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILIES

Could your student use a hand?

If you have a student in the Wamego USD 320 school district and would like them to receive a weekend care package each week, please click the register a student button to fill out the form. We'd be honored to walk alongside you.

Register a student
Holiday Boxes

A full table for every family

Beyond weekend care packs, we lovingly pack holiday boxes so no family goes without a warm meal to share. Sign up below and let us help you gather around the table with grateful, joyful hearts.

Thanksgiving Boxes

A box full of the fixings for a hearty Thanksgiving dinner — so your family can gather, give thanks, and enjoy a full table together this fall.

Due by November 16th

Pickup Sunday, November 22nd from 3–4pm at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church,17535 Say Road, Wamego, Kansas 66547

Register for a Thanksgiving Box

Easter Boxes

Celebrate new life and hope this Easter with a box prepared just for your family — a joyful spring meal to share with the ones you love.

Register for an Easter Box