Today on the Huffington Post: Going back to school means getting to eat
September 9, 2010
Imagine having to tell your kindergartner that you know she’s hungry, but you just don’t have anything to feed her–for two days. This is a very real, and very distressing scenario that a family in Comstock Park, Michigan and millions of other food-insecure families face when the free and reduce-priced school meals they rely on during the school year are unavailable in the summer months.
On the Huffington Post today, Feeding America President and CEO Vicki Escarra writes about Child Nutrition Reauthorization and how a current bill can help feed millions of children facing summer hunger.
“The clean slate of a new school year presents excitement for most families. As millions of children head back to school, many families are considering new school clothes and book bags; kids are looking forward to getting out of the house and making new friends; and children are wondering if they’ll get the popular teacher or the one who assigns a lot of homework.
But for low-income families who struggle to overcome hunger, back-to-school season brings an end to the strain of putting additional meals on the table when the free and reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches are unavailable.”
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