The Pirate’s Hook By Zoe Jones According to senior Sena Zadeh, Governor Roy Cooper rocks. Zadeh met Cooper on Friday, September 8 when he visited Riverside to promoting to expand No Kid Hungry (NKH), an organization working to provide kids in need with healthy food and give their parents resources to make nutritious meals for […]
PBS Teachers Lounge AUGUST 28, 2017 As an elementary school teacher for almost 18 years, I know firsthand the impact that eating breakfast has on my students—hungry kids simply do not perform as well academically. Unfortunately, kicking off the day on an empty stomach is more common than you may think, with 42.2 million Americans […]
Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, LDN, Graduate Researcher with No Kid Hungry NC, has two new abstracts in the July-August, 2017 supplement of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Both focus on her child nutrition work in Orange County, NC, during summer 2016. She presented them in poster abstract form earlier this month at the […]
NoKidHungry.org By Riya Rahman Coordinator, Youth Engagement July 21, 2017 Name: Sarah Fatima Where do you go to school? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Where are you working? Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina & Department of Public Instruction What’s your favorite part about being a Youth Ambassador? I love being able to interact […]
Chapelboro This week’s Hometown Hero is Emma Jenkins-Sullivan, Program Coordinator for Food for the Summer. The Food for the Summer program is dedicated to providing local children with lunches during the summer months. Last year, the Food for the Summer program provided 48,000 lunches to children in the community who rely on school lunches for their […]
Chapelboro Food for the Summer is well into its second year of providing lunches for children in need in the community and according to new program coordinator Emma Jenkins-Sullivan, the program has seen growth in outreach and involvement. “Last year we had over 650 volunteers come out from the community,” said Jenkins-Sullivan, “and we’re hoping […]
NoKidHungryNC.org By Riya Rahman Coordinator, Youth Engagement June 20, 2017 Name: Khadija Ewais Where do you go to school? North Carolina State University Where are you working? The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina What’s your favorite part about being a Youth Ambassador? I honestly love the interaction […]
Action For Healthy Kids Buncombe County Schools, North Carolina During the 2015- 2016 school year, Donna Farmer was the cafeteria manager at Avery’s Creek Elementary School in Buncombe County, North Carolina where she implemented breakfast in the classroom, and had such success that they were one of three winners in the North Carolina No Kid […]
The News and Record GREENSBORO — As breakfast winded down at Deep River Parks and Recreation Center in High Point on Monday, North Carolina first lady Kristin Cooper moved from table to table talking with children and asking their opinion about the food. Lunches? They’re about average, said Jaylen Carl, a rising sixth-grader who sounded […]
McDowell News Students from Johnston County Schools and McDowell County Schools received top honors in the North Carolina Summer Nutrition Programs Artwork contest. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) School Nutrition Services staff invited students to design artwork to help increase the visibility of its Summer Nutrition Programs. “What better way to capture […]