The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global and PepsiCo will start distribution to the students next week and plan to deliver almost a million meals per week nationwide. In addition to distribution, PepsiCo will donate $1 million to the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to support school districts and to identify the children most in need, according to a Baylor University press release.

“We are grateful to come alongside USDA, PepsiCo and McLane Global to ensure that children impacted by school closures get access to nutritious food regardless of where they live,” Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted as saying in the press release. “We know from firsthand experience that families with children who live in rural communities across the U.S. are often unable to access the existing food sites. Meal delivery is critical for children in rural America to have consistent access to food when school is out. This is one way that we — as citizens of this great nation — can respond to our neighbors in need.”