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The Lincoln County R-III School District continued to address hunger among
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By January 2013, 44% of the R-III District?s student population was participating in the federally-funded Free and Reduced Lunch Program compared to a mere 26% a decade earlier. With the help of the community, the Lincoln County R-III School District is helping kids learn in the classroom by addressing one of their most basic needs – hunger. In February 2012, the R-III District launched a weekend food program called Buddy Bags to address food insecurity in the homes of elementary students across t h e
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district. Main Street Elementary Principal Kristi Shinn said the elementary principals of the R-III District were seeing a heartbreaking trend in some of their students based on hunger.
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thanks to the outpouring of support. Buddy Bags was just step one in addressing the need that had grown in the community though. By May 2012, the R-III District launched the Seamless Summer Meal Program to provide free, nutritious lunches during the summer months to any child up to the age of 18. The summer of 2012 was the ?rst time the R-III District had quali?ed for the lunch program, which is also funded through the National Lunch Program. The initial summer served nearly 16,000 lunches to children in the community by utilizing convenient locations such as Main Street Elementary, Hawk Point Elementary and the Ninth Grade Center.
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“We would see kids that didn?t look forward to a Friday because they wouldn?t eat from Friday to Monday. Kids that didn?t look forward to a Christmas Break because they knew they may not have food in their bellies,” she said. The weekend food program began serving sixty students and was running solely on donations of money and food. Within eight months of the program?s launch, the District was able to more than triple the number of students served by extending it to middle school and prekindergarten students
“It?s not their “It?s not their fault they don?t have fault they don?t have food. We are there to food. We are there to give them everything give them everything we can. Students can?t we can. Students can?t concentrate. They can?t concentrate. They can?t do what they need to do do what they need to do academically if all he or academically if all he or she can think about is she can think about is ?I haven?t eaten in three ?I haven?t eaten in three days.?” days.?”
students in 2013 by students in 2013 by expanding the number expanding the number of locations of the of locations of the Seamless Summer Seamless Summer Meal Program to Meal Program to include six of the include six of the district?s eleven district?s eleven schools. Shinn schools. Shinn believes the believes the Buddy Bag and Buddy Bag and the Seamless the Seamless Summer Meal Summer Meal Program gives Program gives all of the R-III all of the R-III students the students the “step up” needed “step up” needed to be healthy, to be healthy, successful successful students. students.
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The 2012 Seamless Summer Program served a total of The 2012 Seamless Summer Program served a total of 15,785 lunches to children in the community. 15,785 lunches to children in the community.
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In one decade, the Lincoln County R-III School District saw a dramatic In one decade, the Lincoln County R-III School District saw a dramatic increase in families utilizing the Free and Reduced Lunch Program through increase in government. In January 2013, the R-III DistrictProgram through the federal families utilizing the Free and Reduced Lunch had 44% of the the federal government. In January 2013, 2002-03, only 26% of the of the student body enrolled in the program. In the R-III District had 44% student student body enrolled in the program. in the national lunch program. population in the district was enrolled In 2002-03, only 26% of the student population in the district was enrolled in the national lunch program.
Jim Price & Dan Gnade, owners of Price-Gnade Ford, Jim Price & Dan Gnade, owners of Price-Gnade Ford, have donated $7,000, so far, to the Buddy Bag have donated $7,000, so far, to the Buddy Bag Program or approximately 1,300 Buddy Bags! Program or approximately 1,300 Buddy Bags! We would like to challenge any local business to help We would like to challenge any local business to help us continue to provide nutritional meals for school kids! us continue to provide nutritional meals for school kids!
Pictured From Left: Jim Price, Amy Porter, Principal Lincoln Elementary & Dan Gnade Pictured From Left: Jim Price, Amy Porter, Principal Lincoln Elementary & Dan Gnade
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