{"id":89459,"date":"2025-01-13T14:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=89459"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:17:39","slug":"school-meal-assistance","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/project\/school-meal-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"School Meal Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29.-School-Meal-Assistance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29.-School-Meal-Assistance.png 755w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29.-School-Meal-Assistance-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>School meal assistance programs provide funding or donated meals to ensure children in need have access to healthy, nutritious lunches or breakfasts during school hours. These programs can help combat food insecurity in communities where families may struggle to provide balanced meals. Granges can sponsor or organize food drives or fundraisers to support these programs.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources Required:<\/h3>\n<p>Granges can partner with local schools to distribute donated or subsidized meals or work with schools to pay down school lunch debts or offer Grange-sponsored school meal vouchers beyond what they may qualify to receive from government assistance programs. Resources required include funds for purchasing meals or donations of food from local grocery stores, farms, or restaurants or funds to cover school lunch costs. Volunteers will be needed to collect and distribute meals to schools or provide support during lunch hours. If the Grange does not have a kitchen, the school or community center may be a good location to prepare the meals.<\/p>\n<p>Does your Grange already do a program like this? <a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/250083999380063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Need help or mentorship for a project\/program like this at your Grange? Contact <a href=\"mailto:me********@************ge.org\" data-original-string=\"oSIQfZY4sxlmKjuBRYcnzQ==483GwJGewl6B9k3FhLHw0o5fuOUmErZyF9fbwIzgflXDL0=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='zKe2U9OiLQwqm7fzp7PvQg==483MNO28HJgazkIE2cJ3erXupdqIHRrR1sRWDwTwKJ9fcg='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. 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