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Programs strive to fill gap caused by absence of school meals for children

July 27, 2011
By Heidi Knapp Rinella

George Lyke's young grandchildren usually have breakfast and lunch at school, as participants in the free and reduced-price meals program. But for the first time in recent memory, Clark County schools are closed this summer, so they, like elementary-school children across the valley, are forced to find alternatives.

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Hunger Facts

Imagine your child’s classroom: thirty children, and fifteen of them are hungry.

55% of children in the Clark County School District are enrolled in free and reduced-price meal programs based on their family income. That’s over 170,000 kids facing hunger at home and coming to school unprepared to learn.

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