RELEASE: No Kid Hungry Grants Over $180,000 to 12 Michigan Schools and Districts
March 20, 2023
Contact: Meredith Jorss, mjorss@strength.org
LANSING, MI — No Kid Hungry Michigan today announced more than $180,000 in new grants to support schools across the state providing healthy meals for kids. In this latest round of granting, 12 schools and school districts will receive funds that directly support their daily programming, staffing and the purchasing of kitchen equipment and meal supplies so they can connect more kids with nutritious food throughout the year.
“School meals are a source of consistent, essential nutrition for the 1 in 7 kids facing hunger here in Michigan,” said Mindy Grant, Senior Program Manager for No Kid Hungry Michigan. “We applaud these grantees for their tireless efforts to support their communities and ensure kids have access to the healthy meals they need to grow, learn and thrive.”
The latest round of No Kid Hungry grants will support the following schools across the state of Michigan:
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
- Center Line Public Schools
- Southfield Public Schools
- Ferndale Public Schools
- Detroit Public Schools Community District
- School District of the City of Pontiac
- Eau Claire Public Schools
- Eastpointe Community Schools
- Westwood Heights School District
- Clintondale High School
- Flint Community School District
- Westwood Community Schools
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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.