{"id":13423,"date":"2024-05-28T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia\/?p=13423"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:13:31","slug":"no-kid-hungry-awards-284000-to-14-school-districts-and-nonprofits-to-combat-summer-hunger-in-rural-communities-across-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia\/2024\/05\/28\/no-kid-hungry-awards-284000-to-14-school-districts-and-nonprofits-to-combat-summer-hunger-in-rural-communities-across-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"No Kid Hungry Awards $284,000 to 14 School Districts and Nonprofits to Combat Summer Hunger in Rural Communities Across Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"[<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah Steely at 570-854-5023 or ssteely@strength.org]\n<p><b>Richmond, Va. (May 28<\/b><b>, 2024) \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> As schools close for the summer, school districts and nonprofits are beginning to launch summer meal programs to connect kids with nutritious meals outside of the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, more school districts and nonprofits serving rural communities have a new tool to reach kids this summer: Non-congregate summer meal options. New federal policy changes allow organizations to provide flexible options like multi-day meal distribution and deliveries to reach kids in more remote areas of the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To support and expand non-congregate programs in Virginia, No Kid Hungry has announced over $284,000 in grants this year. Funds will support organizations with staffing, meal delivery, updated equipment, transportation costs and expanding outreach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following organizations received grants this year:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accomack County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alleghany County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caroline County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dinwiddie County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeding Southwest Virginia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Halifax County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henry County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Orange County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Page County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pulaski County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richmond County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott County Public Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warren County Public Schools\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSummer should be full of sunshine and playtime, not worrying about empty pantries,\u201d said Sarah Steely, Director of No Kid Hungry Virginia. \u201cThese summer meal flexibilities offer a tremendous opportunity to reach more children in rural communities, who have traditionally had a much harder time accessing summer meal sites. These grants will help strengthen programs, enabling teams to provide summer meals in the way they know work best for their community.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Approximately 1 in 7 kids face food insecurity in Virginia and summer can be one of the hungriest times of year for the thousands of kids who receive free and reduced-price meals during the school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer meal programs help fill the gap, but have historically only reached a fraction of the kids who rely on them due to barriers like transportation, fuel costs, extreme weather and parent work schedules. Challenges are especially pronounced in rural areas, where children often live far from the nearest meal site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The latest non-congregate flexibilities are an exciting opportunity to expand the reach of summer meals and provide more children with much-needed nutrition during the summer months, according to No Kid Hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/virginia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"># # #\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About No Kid Hungry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Contact:\u00a0Sarah Steely at 570-854-5023 or ssteely@strength.org] Richmond, Va. 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