At Friends of Karen, we know that when a child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, a family’s financial resources are stretched to the brink—especially when a parent must leave work to become a full-time caregiver.

With escalating grocery costs, putting food on the table is harder than ever. At the same time, treatments like chemotherapy and radiation severely compromise a child’s immune system, making safe, wholesome, and nutritious meals a medical necessity.

No parent should ever have to choose between paying for their child’s lifesaving care and feeding their family.

Friends of Karen’s Feed A Family Program provides supermarket and essential gift cards directly to families in crisis, giving them immediate relief and the dignity of choice.
How You Can Help Today

• $200 provides a week of groceries for a family of four. (Gifts of any amount make an immediate difference!)
• Donate Physical or e-Gift Cards: We welcome gift cards from ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Key Food, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Visa, or MasterCard. (Please include activation receipts for physical cards.)