For Immediate Release: April 28, 2025
Media Contact: Adam Keigwin | akeigwin@actumllc.com | (916) 256-5758
No Kid Hungry California Awards Over $400,000 in School Breakfast Grants to 11 Schools to Sustain and Expand School Meal Programs
No Kid Hungry California awards more than a quarter million dollars in a second round of grants to support expanded access to nutritious school breakfast
Sacramento, Calif. – Eating breakfast has a real, powerful effect on kids. Breakfast After the Bell (BAB), a key initiative championed by the No Kid Hungry campaign, provides every student the opportunity to start their school day with a nutritious meal.
In addition to the grants awarded in March, No Kid Hungry has awarded $262,264 in grants to the following California school districts to adopt, strengthen, and expand school breakfast programs:
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- Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, CA)
- San Francisco Unified School District (San Francisco, CA)
- Gilroy Unified School District (Gilroy, CA)
- Morongo Unified School District (Twentynine Palms, CA)
Every meal served is a building block in a children’s education and overall well-being. Studies have shown that kids who eat breakfast are more focused, score significantly higher on tests, miss less days of school and have fewer discipline programs and visits to the nurse’s office. However, the USDA’s most recent Household Food Security Report and its findings saw an increase of food insecurity. Fourteen million children live in food insecure households. This means 1 in 5 children are facing hunger in the United States.
“Starting the school day with a healthy school breakfast ensures California students start the day energized and ready to learn,” said No Kid Hungry California Director Kathy Saile. “No child should ever face the challenge of starting the school day on an empty stomach. Schools who offer Breakfast After the Bell provide nutritious meals for more children and those students experience more success in their long-term health and education indicators.”
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About No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But millions of kids in the United States live with hunger. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty. Join us at nokidhungry.org.
Last update: April 28, 2025
