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[quote=Anonymous]Our Girl Scout troop got involved in supporting food banks etc several years ago.  The girls interviewed school principals and others and they heard about and is some cases had personally seen the impact of the stigma of getting a free breakfast for only FARMS kids.  There are kids who will not get a free breakfast because they are ashamed or they can’t get to school early enough to eat.

But the stories that stuck out the most for our girls was when one of our troop said that she didn’t get breakfast at home because her mother never ate breakfast and didn’t think her daughter needed it so that she wouldn’t get fat.  Another child shared that when a friend of hers was staying with her dad (divorce) he didn’t keep cereal or anything in his house and wouldn’t give her money to buy breakfast because he paid hold support.  That child wouldn’t ask her mom for money because funds were really tight. So that girl would pack extra food for her friend on those days.

The girls resolved to go to their school leadership and suggest that breakfast bars be provided for all classes everyday.  That way there was no stigma and it helped all of the kids even those who were just a little extra hungry that day.  The PTO ended up sponsoring it at one school (Catholic) and the public school applied for a school waiver for the next year.

I wish grown ups could see with the eyes of children sometimes.[/quote]

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