Blackfalds Lunch Box Program to continue in 2021
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Thanks to the community support for the Lunch Box Program run by the Blackfalds Food Bank, Blackfalds Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) and After the Grind, the program will be able to continue into the new year.
The Lunch Box Program started in March 2020 due to the pandemic and increased local families’ needs to provide food for their children. Initiated to provide school-aged children with healthy lunches and snacks for school, the program quickly changed when schools shut down and were then expanded to include any local family with children, of any age. This pandemic response program fed 3,877 children in 1,061 families from March through December of 2020.
The monetary donations from various community members, businesses, and organizations will allow the Lunch Box Program to continue for the foreseeable future and is available to any Blackfalds family, with children under 18.
“The program empowers families by giving them the supplies to prepare and provide their own breakfasts and lunches. All Blackfalds families with children are invited to benefit from this program, and all personal information is kept confidential,” explained FCSS Manager Sue Bornn. “We are confident that we have received enough financial support to continue this program until the end of the school year.”
