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AMHERST NEWS-TIMES • OBERLIN NEWS-TRIBUNE • WELLINGTON ENTERPRISE Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
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Volume 10, Issue 8
Advocates push free school meals CARISSA WOYTACH THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM
Ahead of state budget talks, advocates are pushing for free school meals for all students. The Hunger-Free Schools Ohio coalition hosted a virtual news conference Monday morning, calling on state legislators to make free meals available to
all students, regardless of familial income. Spearheaded by the Ohio Education Association and Children’s Defense Fund, the effort comes after two years of expanded access to meals during the pandemic ended with the 2022-23 school year. Ohio Education Association President Scott DiMauro said the evidence is clear: Students can’t learn
on empty stomachs. Katherine Unger, Ohio policy associate with The Children’s Defense Fund, agreed. She recently wrote a white paper looking at child hunger in Ohio, noting as many as a quarter of kids in some counties live in a county that faces hunger. But more than a third of students who live in a household facing food
insecurity don’t qualify for school meals, her research showed. And even when students are eligible to receive free meals, about a third don’t access them due to stigma surrounding the program, she said. Outside of the pandemic, free and reduced school lunch availability is based on individual household income, unless a school
building or district qualifies for a federal Community Eligibility Provision because it serves a lowincome area. But a Baldwin-Wallace University survey found Ohio caregivers want to expand that access, Unger said. About 87 percent of respondents believed school meals should be provided for all children,
she said, and another 82 percent agreed the meals are helpful for families — regardless of their political affiliation or socioeconomic status. In Lorain County, Wellington Schools parent Megan Thompson said her family is able to pack lunches, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t see the need within her district. MEALS PAGE A4
Harvest for Hunger campaign kick off March 2 KEVIN MARTIN THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio will kick off its 2023 Harvest for Hunger campaign on March 2 with the goal of raising 3 million meals in support of its four-county service area. The Harvest for Hunger kick-off event will take place at Second Harvest Food Bank, 5500 Baumhart Road in Lorain. The event will include a short program with comments from this year’s honorary chairperson, Sundaram “Naga” Nagarajan, president and CEO of Nordson Corp. “We know we have individuals and families with children right here in our community who are hungry,” Nagarajan said. “When you are hungry and do not know where your next meal will come from, everything else becomes secondary. Couple that need with inflation hitting a 40-year high, and there has never been a more important time to give. I am proud to serve
as the Honorary Chair of the 2023 Harvest for Hunger Campaign and rally businesses and organizations in our community to join this important effort to help our entire community to combat hunger and create access to nutritious meals.” The annual campaign is a collaborative effort to help raise funds and restock local food pantries. The campaign encompasses two major components: group campaigns and “Check Out Hunger” with more than 120 businesses, schools, organizations and families holding food and donation drives throughout March, April and May. Supermarket shoppers can scan a $1, $5 or $10 coupon at the register to support Harvest for Hunger through “Check Out Hunger.” Participating supermarkets include Giant Eagle, Heinen’s Fine Foods and Buehler’s Fresh Foods. In working with Nordson Corp. for the 2023 campaign, Second Harvest President and CEO Julie Chase-Morefield said the HARVEST PAGE A3
Comets come together
KRISTIN BAUER | The Chronicle-Telegram
TOP: Amherst Steele High School’s team cheered from the bench while participating in the Unified Special Olympics basketball tournament at Lorain High School on Thursday, February 16. Four teams, Lorain High School, Elyria High School, Marion L. Steele High School, and May S. Hayes High School (Cleveland), gathered in Lorain to participate in the event.
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