Organization Profile

Loving Lunches

Loving Lunches is an in-house charity of AMA Academy of Performing Arts located in Des Plaines that is dedicated to making lunches for Chicagoland’s homeless population in need of a meal. The Loving Lunches initiative was found by AMA’s own founder, Ann Marie Frank, as a way to give back to her community during the uncertain times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lunches are delivered every Monday directly to the homeless and we make 150-250 lunches EVERY week! We have made over 15,000 lunches since April of 2020 with the help of countless volunteers. In every lunch, we add a handmade Kindness card to include with sayings such as “You Matter” or “We Love You” to show we care. Many of our Kindness cards are made by our students and members of our community! If anyone would like to volunteer to assemble lunches on the weekend, we are fun and always smiling! Kids and adults of all ages are encouraged to volunteer. We welcome Girl Scout Troops, youth organizations, students in need of service hours, families, friend groups and single volunteers! If you are able to donate items like protein bars, Ziploc baggies, lunch meat, cheese or a couple hundred bananas, we need it all! If a monetary contribution is more convenient, your donation will go very far!