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When Coronavirus Closes Schools, What Happens to Children Who Rely on Them for Food?
A lot of children are not food secure, so these breaks are an issue for them.
NOAH FRANK MAR 18, 2020 11 AM
A lot of children are not food secure, so these breaks are an issue for them.
NOAH FRANK MAR 18, 2020 11 AM
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When Coronavirus Closes Schools, What Happens to Children Who Rely on Them for Food? (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2020
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snowybirdie
(5,229 posts)1. Where I'm at
Schools continue to provide
Food. Parents just have to pick it up
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)2. Gwinnett county, Georgia is delivering meals to all children.
The school buses are making deliveries in neighborhoods Monday thru Friday. My driveway is a bus stop. There are also drive thru pick ups at some of the schools. Food and cartons of milk. We have 68 schools that are participating.
PSPS
(13,601 posts)3. Schools have now become "feeding stations" for many of their students and their families. MAGA!!111!
Sadly, this has been going on for a long time.
elleng
(130,973 posts)4. Some schools/counties using school bus drivers to deliver food to kids
along their routes.