GAP
FOOD & RELIEF
PROGRAM
Packing Meals. Meeting Needs. Supporting Partners.
God Always Provides...
Our GAP program empowers YOU and your church to join us to support our mission partners in a hands-on way! Churches, businesses, schools, youth groups, families, and friends— there’s an opportunity for everyone to have a hand in meeting needs around the world.
MEAL PACKS are a vital part of our hunger relief efforts, particularly in the aftermath of disasters. Each bag contains enough to feed a family of six, filling bellies AND providing essential vitamins and nutrients— all you need is hot water! Thanks to the hard work of churches, businesses, small groups, and schools, we’ve packed over 20 Million meals since 2010.
CARE KITS allow us to provide families recovering from disasters with their most common request: personal and hygiene items! Each kit contains disposable wipes, soap, deodorant, a toothbrush, toothpaste, nail clippers, a razor, hand sanitizer, a comb, and a washcloth—plus a devotional book. To those who have lost everything, these are a lifeline of normalcy in the chaos of recovery.
CARE CONTAINERS allow our supporting churches to partner with us to directly and intentionally support our international partners. From medical equipment to sports gear, humanitarian aid products to warm clothing, each of our partners has their own unique needs. Churches collect items and send them to our headquarters where we pack them into shipping containers and send them out around the world.
What is a food packing event?
10 volunteers per assembly line work to pack meals for the hungry. Events can vary in size up to over 200+
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You come to us:
IDES will host a food packing event for your group at our facility and provide all the materials needed.​​
We come to you:
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For 25¢ per meal, an IDES representative will come to your facility with all ingredients for a meal packing event. A minimum number of meals may apply.
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Cost of food packing:
The cost of a food pack varies based on the number of packers per event. Fill out the form below and IDES will contact you directly with a quote.​​
Care Containers
GAP stands for God Always Provides. IDES’ vision has always been to go beyond our food packs to address other needs that countries around the world face in times of crisis. But the space at our present facilities limited what we could do. Now with the addition of our Global Impact Center, IDES can move forward with addressing the needs of our mission partners during vulnerable times, which will include CARE Containers.
In November 2025, we collaborated with the International Conference On Missions (ICOM) and filled a 40-foot container with essential supplies destined for our strategic church partners in Ukraine. The container was stocked with medical supplies, hygiene items, flashlights, bedding, blankets, pillows, towels, winter coats, jackets, and shoes. This shipment was successfully delivered in March 2026. Future containers will allow us to expand our outreach across borders to share both Help and Hope in Jesus' name.
Plan Your GAP Event
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