Often the only food students can depend on receiving each day is what they receive from The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt\u002DA\u002DSchool program.
But it’s there every day anyway to contend with their mental-health issues or their involvement with the criminal justice system or the trauma at home that has placed some of them under the care of the government.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“The food program last year from Adopt-A-School was a big support for our students as well as their families. It ensured had at least one, hot, healthy, home-cooked meal each day they attended school,” said teacher Rowena Chatrath.Article content “Many of the families are having a hard time and struggling with the cost of food. We have one youth — his older brother used to be here — and his brother called him and while they were talking he said how he missed the lasagna we made.”Poverty is interfering with a number of students’ ability to sustain their personal hygiene and they need help with such things as mouthwash, deodorant, hair combs, shampoo and other items.
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