Food Assistance
Assistance Programs: List of Resources in Northampton County for Food Pantries, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Department of Social Services SNAP
NCPS Community Eligibility Provision (Meals for All)
Great news for you and your students! All enrolled students at Northampton County Public Schools are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge to your household each day of the 2020-2021 school year. No further action is required of you.
Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit a meal application.
Your child(ren) will eat a hot breakfast and lunch in their classrooms this school year. At the end of the day when your child(ren) go home they will be coming home with breakfast and lunch for the days they will be home.
Please refrigerate the items that need to be kept cold.
NCPS Virtual Food Service
The food service department would like to inform you that we are planning to feed the students who will be learning virtually this school year. Below is the procedure for the students who are on a 5-day virtual plan. Meals will consist of 5 days’ worth of breakfast and lunch. This will start SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020.
NCPS ALL VIRTUAL FOOD SERVICE PROCEDURE
*CURBSIDE PICKUP WILL BE IN THE BUS LOOP AT EACH SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 10:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M
*ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED
*MEALS ARE FREE TO ALL ENROLLED NCPS STUDENTS
*IF YOU WOULD LIKE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR YOUR VIRTUAL CHILD/CHILDREN PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA MANAGER FROM THE SCHOOL YOU PLAN TO PICK IT UP FROM. BY AUGUST 31
OCCOHANOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lsheppard@ncpsk12.com or 757-678-5151x8107
KIPTOPEKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tbender@ncpsk12.com or 757-675-5151x6107
NORTHAMPTON MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL dcollins@ncpsk12.com or 757-678-5151x4062
This is only for the FULL TIME virtual students.
No Kid Hungry Virginia is making sure children are not left hungry during the coronavirus outbreak. Text FOOD or COMIDA to 877-877 to find free food distribution sites organized by school districts and other community organizations.
Foodbank Eastern Shore Branch
The new Food Bank drop off is at the Cape Charles Fire House. Drop off times Mondays and Thursdays 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Please adhere to those times to minimize traffic through fire house and to allow items to sit a necessary amount of time before pick up by Food Bank Staff.

Shore Delivery Corps
The Eastern Shore’s battle against COVID-19 has a new battalion of warriors --the Shore Delivery Corps. Starting Monday, April 6, healthy volunteers will pick up food and medications and deliver them safely to people who are most in danger of becoming seriously ill from the virus.
The Shore Delivery Corps’ mission is to keep vulnerable people home, and out of public places. If a person is over 65, or has existing health problems such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, heart or lung diseases, they may suffer more if exposed to the virus. The Shore Delivery Corps wants to prevent that, if possible.
To get help or to volunteer, call 801-9950, or email shoredeliverycorps@gmail.com. Volunteers will go to the store after you order and pay for the products as you usually do. If you need help ordering what you need, the volunteers will assist you. Then they will bring the bags to your doorstep, clean and virus free.
Shore Delivery Corps serves under the umbrella of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation and the United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation gave the Corps $25,000, and the United Way donated $2,000 toward the mission.
“Working together, we can all make a difference in preserving the lives and good health of our fellow citizens who are at the greatest risk of serious complications from COVID-19,” said Corps leader Jeff Holland. “Help us by volunteering to make deliveries, to answer calls, or to educate our fellow citizens who are at risk the importance of staying home.”
Community Food Task Force
The Community Food Task Force is working with the Northampton County Public Schools to distribute food to children until the school food program is up and running again. The Task Force will also continue to meet to create strategies to address any possible future interruptions to the school food program. The Northampton County Education Foundation (NCEF) is spearheading this effort, in partnership with The Food Bank of the Eastern Shore, Shore Delivery Corps, The Shanty Restaurant in Cape Charles and the Oyster Farm. The initiative is being directly coordinated with the Northampton County Public Schools.