USDA.gov WASHINGTON, September 19, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is making it easier for North Carolina schools affected by Hurricane Florence to feed students during this time of great need. All students in affected disaster areas in North Carolina will now be able to enjoy free school meals provided by USDA’s […]
WLOS News Swain County schools are preparing to offer an additional free meal to students. Sixty percent of students in Swain quality for free or reduced meals at school. That makes the district eligible for a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for an afternoon feeding program at no cost to the local district. The nutrition […]
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 […]
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 […]
Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation Today, the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (FHLI) announced the selection of NCCARE360 to build the North Carolina Resource Platform—a new statewide tool to make it easier for providers, insurers and community-based organizations to connect people with the community resources they need to be healthy. The NC Resource […]
Carolina Public Press A majority of North Carolina parents lack the financial resources to provide school lunches for their children without assistance, according to federal data, a situation that has worsened in recent years. Most children in North Carolina participate in the National School Lunch Program, which provides free and reduced-price school lunches to families […]
Salisbury Post CHINA GROVE — The Salisbury Rowan Association of Realtors has donated $2,000 to the Rowan-Salisbury Schools Summer Meals Program. The donation was the result of a June golf tournament. “We’re really grateful,” said Lisa Altmann, RSS director of school nutrition. The money will support the Summer Meals Program and ‘iRead, iFeed” initiative, which […]
INDY Week The city of Durham recently received a $125,000 grant to help address childhood hunger as part of a nationwide initiative known as Cities Combating Hunger Through After-school and Summer Meal Programs (CHAMPS). According to press release from the city, the grant will expand local summer and after-school meal sites, and will serve an […]
NC Health News Every day in Charlotte, an air-conditioned school activity bus full of free lunches turns into a church parking lot. Within minutes, 60 children cross the street from a mobile home park with their friends and neighbors to receive a meal. “It was just miraculous to see,” said Tamara Baker, communications and project […]
Congressman David Price joined No Kid Hungry NC for a visit to a summer meals site in Raleigh on Monday, July 9. Price spoke with families, handed out plates with healthy messages to kids, took part in a nutrition education activity, and talked with the meal site’s managers. Summer meals for kids in North Carolina […]