Media Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, August 23, 2016 — Mounting evidence shows that healthy school meals play a key role in supporting the well-being of children, including alleviating food insecurity; improving dietary intake; and mitigating obesity, says the nation’s leading anti-hunger group, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). “Research clearly shows that […]
Twitter users in Baltimore may have noticed a new top trending topic today, #HearTheCrunch. Throughout Maryland and D.C. this morning, students, teachers, advocates, elected officials and many others joined Maryland Hunger Solutions and D.C. Hungers Solutions to crunch an apple in support of healthy school breakfast for students. Ensuring that kids have access to a […]
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2017 — If you find it difficult to concentrate when you’re hungry, imagine how children without enough food to eat feel as they return to school. We know there are so many great stories waiting to be written on the importance of school breakfast and afterschool meals, the need to end lunch […]