Beginning in February 2024, CHA piloted a program to provide produce bags as a supplement to its weekend meal boxes. Many children do not have access to enough food for the weekend and look forward to the weekend meal boxes, and now produce earlier in the week. People want to eat nutritious food, and while […]
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Every year CHA recognizes those that go above and beyond to help food-insecure children. The following partners were honored at this year’s Menu of Hope was a 2023 Program of the Year. School Breakfast Program of the Year – Mad River Local Schools, Montgomery County CHA and Mad River Local Schools have had a relationship
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Children’s Hunger Alliance is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Cleveland Clinic to help provide meals to children in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic will be investing $650,000 over the next five years to support CHA’s efforts in providing weekend meals to pre-school children at four Cleveland area early learning centers. The Weekend
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Every year Children’s Hunger Alliance recognizes individuals and organizations in each of our program areas who go above and beyond to provide food to children. Each of these honorees were recognized at our 2023 Menu of Hope event, held on March 1, 2023. The 2022 Program of the Year honorees were: Rodriguez Childcare Center has
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Children experiencing food insecurity are particularly vulnerable during non-school hours when they may not have access to the food they need to lead a healthy life. This never became more apparent than during the pandemic. CHA knew developing a program to support high-need schools and provide food to all students was necessary, but needed additional
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Children’s Hunger Alliance has been working to help food insecure children for over 50 years and while our work has always been important, never more so than over these last few years. Simply put, our mission is to make sure that children who don’t have enough food to live a healthy life have access to
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The summer months are one of the hungriest times of the year for children. Summer break increases food insecurity and can lead to learning loss in low-income children. Summer nutrition programs serve as a bridge to fill the meal gap that so many children face each year.
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This past school year CHA piloted an Adopt-A-School program with Moler Elementary, a school within the Columbus City Schools district, and it was met with great success. The program began in mid-November and ran through the remainder of the school year. During that time approximately 25,500 weekend meals were given to over 300 students, all
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As part of its effort to ensure kids have access to healthy meals during the summer, Children’s Hunger Alliance participates in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there
“This IS my supper. I don’t have food at home.” Jacob’s words still echo in Joy’s mind, reminding her that many of the Crooksville Elementary students rely on the afterschool dinners provided by Children’s Hunger Alliance. For every day that Jacob attends the afterschool program – where Joy works as the site coordinator – she
