The second annual day camp helped children understand and fight food insecurity in their community.

Whether planting radishes, sorting cans, getting the wiggles out with some jumping jacks or completing a scavenger hunt in the garden, there was never a dull moment at the North Texas Food Bank’s Kids Camp.

And while participating students say the Monday day camp was packed with fun, they also understood all of the activity was for a purpose: learning about hunger.

“I think it’s great that they do this and that they help people,” says Molly, a camper who was featured in this segment by NBC DFW.

She is among the around 200 students, ages 8 through 11, who spent one Monday this summer learning about how hunger impacts their community.

Now in its second year, the day camp is sponsored by Whataburger and is meant to help students learn that food insecurity can impact kids just like them. Through a can sorting volunteer activity, they’re also given the chance to see how they can make a difference in the fight against hunger.

During the day, children have the chance to participate in a planting activity and scavenger hunt in Jan’s Garden, a tour of NTFB’s Perot Family Campus, a nutrition and movement exercise and a puzzle activity that illustrates how some families don’t have enough money to cover all of their bills.

Landon, 8, says he learned during that activity that some people don’t have enough money to pay for all of their other bills and their groceries. Thankfully, NTFB and pantries in the community can help.

“The cans are for people who don’t have that much money and need their money for other bills,” he says.

Added his cousin Kinley, 7, “It’s important because if you don’t have something to eat, then you can’t survive.”

Daphne, 11, attended camp for a second time this summer and says the work NTFB does is really important.

“I don’t want people to be hungry,” she says.

Kids Camp ran for eight Mondays between June 3 and August 5.