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El Dorado LunchBoxSummer Meals for Kids
A community partnership between:
El Dorado Schools (USD490)
Kansas Food Bank , www.kansasfoodbank.org
Kids Need to Eat (KN2E), www.kidsneedtoeat.org
El Dorado LunchBox will distribute free sack lunches and milk to
children in ElDorado during the school summer recess.
Called LockerMates, the sack lunches come in many varieties and
are designedto meet federal nutrition guidelines.A lunch sack and
carton of milk costs $2.50/serving. Children like eating them.
The Kansas Food Bank is accepting donations for the sack lunches
to be provided.It partners with other communities for similar lunch
programs.
Phase I: Free meals during June (4 weeks)USD USD490 is offering
a Summer Academy at Skelly School, grades K - 12.The Summer Academy
will be Monday - Thursday, 8am - noon, in June.Free breakfast and
lunch will be served to all students enrolled in the Summer Academy
as partof the school program.USD 490 plans to provide
transportation from other schools.El Dorado LunchBox will provide
Weekend Foodpacks for kids and their siblings in the
neediest households in our community.
Phase II: Free meals during July & August (6 weeks)El Dorado
LunchBox will offer free sack lunches and milk daily to all
children under age 18.Lunches will be distributed at Skelly School,
Monday - Thursday, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.In addition, Weekend
Foodpacks will be distributed on Thursdays to all children.USD 490
plans to continue shuttle service between its schools during this
period.Private day care and pre-school programs are asked not to
bring their children for freelunches without making arrangements in
advance with KN2E .To collect demographic data, children will be
asked to sign a Daily Distribution Report withtheir first name and
age. No questions will be asked other than, How are you today?
Volunteers & Teen WorkersHelp is needed to pack and
distribute lunches and Weekend Foodpacksand chill the milk cartons
in coolers.During Phase I, USD 490 plans to offer a Food Service
Class at the Summer Academy for teens to learn and practice work
skills.During Phase II, KN2E plans to hire at least two teens who
completethe Food Service class, and pay them to work two hours,
Monday - Thursday, for six weeks.
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Weekend Foodpacks during the Summer El Dorado LunchBox will
distribute them on Thursdays for 11 weekends this summer.Each will
contain 3 sack lunches and 3 cartons of shelf-stable milk.El Dorado
LunchBox and church partners will seek food donations (e.g.,
pudding and fruit cups,breakfast bars, raisin boxes) from the
community to be included in the Weekend Foodpacks .
Activities ProgramOther summer meal programs have found more
children participatewhen activities are offered in connection with
free meals.The Summer Academy provides an activities component
during Phase I.KN2E is exploring activity options during Phase II
to be offered near Skelly School.
Budget & Funding: April 15 fundraising deadline An estimated
4000 sack lunches and milk cartons are needed this summer.KN2E
seeks to raise $10,000 in donations to the Kansas Food Bank by
April 15 for the lunches.Donations are made to the Kansas Food
Bank, designating the El Dorado LunchBox program.
Online donations by credit card can be made at
www.kansasfoodbank.org (scroll down to the ElDorado Lunchbox d
onation link under the Our Programs column).KN2E needs to raise
separate funding for the Teen Work component and activities
program.
Childhood Hunger in El Dorado, KSFood insecurity refers to a
households lack of access to adequate food - bottom line: notenough
suitable food to eat.The childhood food insecurity rate in Kansas
is 22.7%. Butler County and the City of ElDorado have a similar or
higher rate.More than 58% of students in the El Dorado School
District are eligible for free and reducedprice meals during the
school year.
Three USD 490 elementary schools participate in the Kansas Food
Banks Food4Kids backpack program. It provides free weekend meals
for the neediest students and their siblings during the school
year.During the summer for the 11 weeks when schools are closed, 1
USD 490 students dont h aveaccess to school-based meals weekdays or
the Food4Kids backpacks on weekends.This is also true for students
who attend Oil Hill Elementary School in El Dorado, which is partof
the Circle School District (USD 375).Not everyone eligible for Food
Stamps applies for and receives them (an estimated 60% of eligible
households participate). In Kansas, the average monthly benefit is
$125 per person. Food Stamp benefits do not increase during the
summer when children are not in school. 2
Prepared by:Judie Storandt, Kids Need to Eat, Inc. (KN2E), 3
405-308-9158 (cell), [email protected]
1 USD 490 s last day of school is May 24, and begins again
August 13 & 14.2 The Food Stamp Program is now called the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and isadministered
in Kansas by the Dept. for Families & Children (DCF) 3 Kids
Need to Eat, Inc. (KN2E) was created to raise awareness about
childhood hunger issues and toadvocate for solutions. Its
non-profit status is pending (see: www.kidsneedtoeat.org ).
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