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 […]