10 rural school districts across the commonwealth will share a total of more than 130-thousand dollars in grants from the No Kid Hungry Kentucky campaign. Kate McDonald Goodin is the No Kid Hungry Kentucky campaign director at Feeding Kentucky. She said the grants will help the districts’ federal summer food service program dollars go further.
“So many Kentucky kids rely on school for breakfast, lunch, and sometimes even a supper or snack during the school year. That means that summertime can be a really vulnerable time for not just the one in six kids that are food insecure, but many others as well.”
The federal summer food service program makes free meals – sometimes, to go – available to people 18 and under. The program is administered by school districts. Goodin said some of the districts awarded grants will use the money to extend their reach.
“Extra things like a mobile Mobile Meals van to deliver the meals, an Oliver machine to package food so kids can take it home with them, you know, paying for extra drivers or translators to be on the bus.”
School districts receiving grants include Perry, Wayne, Whitley, Bell, and the independent districts in Pineville, Williamsburg and Middlesboro.
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