UNC Gillings School News Nationwide, families who rely on school meals for breakfast and lunch are worried about feeding their children. In North Carolina, an organization at UNC-Chapel Hill is reducing that stress. No Kid Hungry North Carolina was formed in 2011 in partnership with state leaders and the national No Kid Hungry campaign, a program of the […]
Marcella Thompson is a 2020 NC Child Hunger Hero Award Winner and director of Durham’s The Mustard Seed, which has participated in the Summer Food Service Program and the At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program. Don’t miss her episode of the Voices of Hunger in North Carolina podcast. Listen here. The Voices of Hunger in North Carolina […]
Monday, March 2, 2020 Contact: Tamara Baker, (919) 307-7781, tamarabaker@unc.edu Chapel Hill, NC – No Kid Hungry North Carolina has awarded almost $106,000 in grants this school year to support nutrition programs at 27 schools and community partners across the state. The majority of the funding boosts Breakfast After the Bell initiatives, a program that […]
Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper have been committed to ending childhood hunger in North Carolina. Through funding from Share Our Strength’s national No Kid Hungry campaign, their offices are working to expand access to school breakfast in 12 identified districts around the state. The funding, available late this year, is intended to […]
Bladen County Schools Bladen County Schools is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert P. Taylor has been selected as the 2018 Healthy Schools Superintendent of the Year by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport Management (NCAAHPERD-SM). Dr. Taylor’s work to advance the belief that no child should go […]
WCTI12 Oaks Road Elementary School, like so many other schools in Craven County, is closed due to Hurricane Florence. Children won’t be coming back to the school for at least another week. There is still no power and a lot of water damage to the school as cleanup continues after Hurricane Florence hit Eastern North […]
August 24, 2018 Contact: Tamara Baker, No Kid Hungry NC, 919.951.9282 or TamaraBaker@UNC.edu Charlotte, NC – The national anti-hunger campaign No Kid Hungry has announced five winners of its 2018 Summer Meals Hero contest. This year’s inspiring line-up of local champions is proof that it really does take a village to feed kids in the […]
The Daily Tar Heel BY MARIN WOLF Eastway Elementary in Durham bustled with chatter Wednesday morning as children played at the East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI) Science Technology Engineering Arts Math (STEAM) and Literacy Camp. Campers finished their morning instruction while also preparing to welcome a special guest joining them for lunch. North Carolina First Lady […]
Spectrum News RALEIGH — Food insecurity remains a problem throughout our state, but several organizations are working to put an end to it. North Carolina first lady Kristin Cooper made stops at Advance Community Health as well as a handful of other feeding sites These sites provide meals for children who may not get the […]
NC Department of Public Instruction Students from Franklin, Harnett and Union County Schools received top honors Wednesday in the North Carolina Summer Nutrition Programs promotional materials contest, in which students design promotional materials to help increase the awareness of N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs. Student promotional materials contest winners were recognized at the opening session of […]