“There’s a huge need for just making sure that these children have food.” yyc
“Inflation — costs are going up,” Jorgensen said.
“We have a lot of people that, during COVID, lost their jobs, so they’re living on a very limited income right now.” And it’s not just learning that takes a hit when there’s not enough money for groceries — kids also suffer in other ways.“If you’re the only third-grader who doesn’t have a lunch today, you’re not sitting in the cafeteria watching all your other friends eat, because that’s a horrible experience,” BB4CK executive director Bethany Ross said. “You’re hiding in the stairwell, in the bathroom, waiting until you can all go outside and pretend that that didn’t happen.
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