September 15, 2016 The Daily Tarheel By Jordan Wilkie Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools serve roughly 3,000 children and teens, or 25 percent of their student body, on the free and reduced lunch program, as of 2015. Last year, only 10 percent of these kids were reached through summer nutrition programs, according to Tamara Baker of […]
September 12, 2016 Chapelboro By Blake Hodge One word kept coming up at the meeting wrapping up the Food for the Summer effort last Wednesday, amazing. An amazing number of meals served; an amazing effort to organize all of the moving parts; and amazing work by community members volunteering to hand out these meals. “We […]
September 9, 2016 The News&Observer By Tammy Grubb CHAPEL HILL The Food for the Summer partnership had one goal – feed as many hungry kids as possible in three months – and it did just that. The partnership among Chapel Hill, Carrboro, the city schools, community groups and over 645 volunteers served 48,145 meals at 20 locations […]
August 26, 2016 Brown Center Chalkboard By Michele Leardo School lunch is one of the most stable features of a child’s school day—and principals have more influence over this longstanding tradition than you might think. Each school day, students file into the cafeteria for lunch. Yet, the quality of this experience, along with the benefits it […]
August 21, 2016 The News&Observer By Travis Crayton and Molly De Marco This summer, thanks to Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, the InterFaith Council for Social Service, No Kid Hungry NC, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and with funding from UNC’s Food for All, our community launched an effort to provide lunches to as many of […]
July 29, 2016 Southern Neighbor By Kevin Mercer Shouts of joy, shrieks of delight and eruptions of laughter filled the air. “That thing was fun!” “Can I go just one more time?” Exclamations like these emanated from a bouncy house in western Chapel Hill, while a pickup soccer game was underway in the adjacent field. The Bouncing Bulldogs were inside. There were […]
July 07, 2016 RALEIGH (WTVD) By Amber Rupinta and Anna Laurel The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is in full swing providing free meals to kids and teens at over 2500 sites across North Carolina while school is out of session through August 12. SFSP is a federally-funded program that partners with state agencies to provide the meals. There […]
May 10, 2016 Chapelboro By Chris Grunert During the school year, many families count on a school lunch (and maybe breakfast too) to feed their children. But in the summer time, that meal is no longer there, and that can put extra strain on families. This summer, Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools is teaming […]
May 10, 2016 The News&Observer BY TAMMY GRUBB tgrubb@newsobserver.com CHAPEL HILL Hundreds of volunteers will unite this summer to serve up to 1,600 local children with fresh meals five days a week. Food for the Summer meals will be prepared at McDougle Middle School from June 13 to Aug. 12 and handed out to volunteers, who […]