Uneaten Cafeteria Meals Feed Hungry Indiana Students On Weekends | South Bend, IN Patch

By Beth Dalbey

A disturbing fact in America is that nearly 13 million children are hungry and don’t know what they’re going to eat in their next meal — or if they’ll get a next meal. That’s one in six children. An elementary school in Elkhart, Indiana, saw how much cafeteria food was being wasted because cooks prepared too much and decided to do something about it.

The Woodland Elementary School partnered with Cultivate, a South Bend-based nonprofit, to rescue the wasted food and provide weekend meals for students who don’t have enough food to eat. Through the end of the school year, 20 Woodland students will receive backpacks, each filled with eight individual frozen meals to get them through the weekend.

Source: Uneaten Cafeteria Meals Feed Hungry Indiana Students On Weekends | South Bend, IN Patch

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