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Seeds of Hope Fall 2010

In this edition:

• You help families through life’s trials
• Giving back through retirement
• You provide hope for the hungry
• Full backpacks mean full stomachs

By Rick Plumlee

The Wichita Eagle

June 2, 2010

The neediest children in Kansas have made very little use of the free meals offered each summer through a federal program.

Only 6.8 percent of the state’s children who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches at public schools took advantage of the free meals during the summer of 2008, according to the Food Research and Action Center, a Washington-based nonprofit.

That has Kansas ranked 49th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Only Oklahoma and Mississippi are lower, at 4.6 and 4.4 percent, respectively.

To help increase the participation, the Kansas Food Bank is working with the Wichita school district for this summer’s program, which began serving breakfasts and lunches Tuesday and continues through July 30. (Continue reading…)

KWCH-TV

May 27, 2010

It’s just an empty room now, but this summer, the gym inside the Christian Faith Centre will become a lunchroom.

For four years, Pastor Wade Moore, and the Centre have provided summer lunches to kids through the school districts summer food program.

“You see parents that bring their children in and you know that this is the only meal that this child is getting that day,” explains Pastor Moore. 

Last year the church was among 26 sites kids could go to get breakfast for lunch, Monday through Friday. This year, the Kansas Food Bank has been able to recruit 40.

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF MEAL SITES

All in an effort to try to help the nearly 70% of Wichita students on free or reduced priced lunch plans.

“We’d hoped for a very modest increase but we’re hoping we could possibly see an increase of more than 50% and double what we’ve done in the past, in terms of number of kids served,” said Polly Basore, with the Kansas Food Bank.