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Snacks@Schools - Wake County

It’s hard to learn on an empty stomach.

Hunger is a problem in North Carolina, especially for our children. More than one in five households with children suffers from food hardship. In Wake County, more than a third of students apply for free or reduced lunches. While meal programs help, developing minds need extra fuel during the critical stretch between lunch and the end of the day.

Snacks@Schools provides snack support directly to classrooms, at no cost to schools, to bridge the gap between lunch and the end of the day for hungry children. This program is currently available at three elementary schools in the Cary–Raleigh area.

The Rotary Club of Raleigh Parkside began developing this project in August 2016, when a club member's nine-year-old daughter reported that her classmates were going hungry during snack time.

While this began as a grassroots effort led by passionate individuals, in order to expand in a sustainable way, we need your support. The average school in our program goes through approximately 300 snacks in a month. This fund is designed to support our three current schools for the upcoming year, and additional funds will allow us to expand to additional schools in need.

To follow our progress, connect with us on Facebook or Twitter .

Organizer and beneficiary

Jen Greenholt
Organizer
Raleigh, NC
Sylvester Carolan
Beneficiary

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