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January 22, 2021

Let’s Talk About the Stigma With Pick-up Programs

  • Posted By : Thomas Lane/
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  • Under : Mental Health, NSLP, Pick-Up Programs, Thomas Lane, Youth Nutrition

Growing up poor is hard in a lot of ways. From personal experience though, the hardest part might be the social stigmas it carries and the scars they leave behind. From WIC to Food Stamps to Community Meals, each program that helps feed you also hurts your soul a little. For me, it happened more than once while getting a Free School Lunch. It was usually six words spoken by the kids behind me in line. “Why doesn’t he have to pay?” How do you answer that question as an eight-year-old?

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January 15, 2021

School Nutrition, Let’s Talk About It

  • Posted By : Thomas Lane/
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  • Under : Mental Health, NSLP, Thomas Lane, Youth Nutrition

It seems like a pretty basic assumption, but do students that have access to nutritious meals benefit from a higher level of mental health? Countless studies definitively demonstrate a direct link between a student’s academic performance and their level of food insecurity. But, can the child’s wellbeing as a person be separated from the child’s wellbeing as a student?

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