(The Breakfast Program team on Tuesday, March 3 at JS McCormick L-R: Assistant Principal Craig Fullarton, Mrs. Weidner, Everlee, Mason, Rosalie, Davin and Mrs. Maris)

By rdnewsNOW staff

HELPING HUNGRY KIDS

Cilantro & Chive raises $947 for Ècole James S. McCormick School breakfast program

Mar 9, 2020 | 7:55 AM

RED DEER- Cilantro & Chive served up salted caramel ice-cream between root beer float cookies to students back in December at Ècole James S. McCormick School in Lacombe.

It was the second pop-up sale as part of the Ice Cream Sandwich Program.

A group of Grade 3 students helped scoop up roughly 150 ice cream sandwiches (two in-house baked root beer float cookies and salted caramel ice-cream) to serve to their peers, all in support of the school’s new breakfast program.

One dollar from every one of these treats sold in the restaurant is donated to the school, and until the end of February those dollars went directly back into to the JS breakfast program.

Full proceeds from the pop-up sale raised $947.

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This is the first year JS McCormick has had a formal breakfast program up and running.

It started off feeding 8-10 kids every school morning and has quickly grown to see over 60 children popping in to curb hunger pains, getting them ready to learn.

Assistant Principal Craig Fullarton says “many students come to school hungry simply because their morning was too busy to eat. We have students who ride the bus for an hour so although they might have eaten before they left, they may still arrive to school hungry. Our program targets anyone who needs something in their belly because realistically, if they are hungry, learning is not going to be a priority for them that day”.

We all know food is expensive and the program is relying heavily on donations to purchase the cereal, yogurt, fruit, bread, butter and jam, and cheese, currently on offer every morning.

The next scooping stop for the Ice Cream Sandwich Program is Terrace Ridge School.