Youth Service America (YSA) Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge 2026

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About Youth Service America (YSA) Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge

Each year, millions of children in the United States face hunger. This challenge invites K–12 classrooms to take something your school already does to help—like a food drive, a backpack program, or another hunger project, and make it stronger, smarter, and more student-led.

After you sign up, YSA will send you a short Teacher Resource Guide and a project toolkit to help your students lead a meaningful discussion and take action.

• Sponsor Organisation: Youth Service America (YSA)

Benefits of Youth Service America (YSA) Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge

• Simple and flexible for any grade level
• Focuses on student voice and leadership 
• Strengthen projects schools already to
• Celebrates both short-term and long-term replicable solutions
• National recognition for 29 classrooms - 24 Semi Finalists will receive $250 or $500, and 5 Finalists will receive $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000 or $2,500
• Finalists pitch to the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation team for grants up to $2,500

Youth Service America (YSA) Stop Hunger Classroom Challenge Requirements

• Open to schools in the United States.
• They invite K-12 classrooms to lead the projects.

Application Date and Process

1. Sign Up
It takes just a few minutes to join the challenge. Sign up by February 6, 2026.

2. Hold One Classroom Conversation
Use our short prompts to help students reflect on hunger and imagine how to make their existing efforts more impactful.

3. Students Take Action
Your students plan and carry out a small project between November and February, then submit a short (up to 3-minute) video by March 6, 2026.

Application Deadline

06 February, 2026

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