Funding over the three-year period will increase access to the programs many kids rely on for their nutrition. DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) will provide $500,000 over three years to No Kid Hungry North Carolina, an initiative of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s […]
Gaston Gazette Gaston’s public school system has received a state grant that aims to have more students eating breakfast at school. Elementary, middle and high schools in Gaston County serve daily breakfast items of assorted fresh fruit and cereal, along with offerings including milk, sausage biscuit, cereal, French toast, Belgian waffle and scrambled eggs. School […]
NC Office of the Governor A new grant program will help expand school breakfast access in ten North Carolina School Districts, Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper announced today. As part of the 2018-19 Breakfast After the Bell Initiative, 10 North Carolina school districts will receive grant funding through No Kid Hungry and […]
Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper are committed to ending childhood hunger in North Carolina. Together with No Kid Hungry, their offices are working to expand access to school breakfast in ten districts around the state. These districts will receive grant funding through No Kid Hungry and The Dairy Alliance to implement innovative […]
WITN West Craven High School is changing the way they serve students meals and have seen more participation as a result. Breakfast after the bell, as it’s called, is the new way students at the high school are getting the most important meal of the day. Lauren Weyand, Craven County Nutrition Director says, “At most […]
Kannapolis City Schools Kannapolis City Schools has received a grant from the North Carolina Governor’s Office to expand its school breakfast program. The money will be used to start a new Breakfast-After-the-Bell program at A.L. Brown High School and Kannapolis Middle School. Money from the grant will be used to buy mobile food carts that […]
The Mountaineer No such thing as a free lunch? Think again. Three Haywood County elementary schools are now serving free lunch — and breakfast to boot — to every student in the school, even those who typically wouldn’t qualify for subsidized meals. “I love being able to tell a parent ‘Send your kids to school […]
WUNC – North Carolina Public Radio By LISA PHILIP • JUN 11, 2018 More North Carolina teachers have responded to a working conditions survey than ever before. The results reveal 40 percent of participants don’t believe class sizes are conducive to meeting the needs of all students. …The survey showed nearly half of North Carolina […]
A team representing the state of North Carolina has been selected to attend the School Breakfast Leadership Institute in Chicago this June. School Breakfast Program Manager Helen Roberts will represent No Kid Hungry NC on the Institute team, which also includes: Ilina Ewen, Chief of Staff to the First Lady of North Carolina Kristen Guillory, […]
WECT 6 BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Brunswick County Schools is celebrating National Breakfast Week to promote their program that gives every student the opportunity to eat free breakfast. Robert Parker, School Nutrition Director for BCS, said the district spends about $100,00 a year on the program, but that there is still room to help more […]