Several organizations have teamed up to ensure students get the meals they need, while schools are closed.
Community Engagement Coordinator with Anglophone East School District Heather Stordy says demand continues to grow.
Up to 700 bagged lunches a day were given out last week, and a total of 8000 since the initiative began last month.
“We’re prepping those lunches and delivering them in areas where students would normally be, bus students and others. We are trying to reach the areas where they are not close to options for food,” Stordy says.
Both food and financial donations have come from the Food Depot Alimentaire, the United Way and others in the community.
Stordy says they intend to continue the program, as long as it is needed.
“Everyday, there are students who come in for breakfast and lunch programs. There is a food insecurity need that we see in our youth. That is not just going to go away because our schools are closed,” Stordy says.
