Twice a month, our H4K volunteers pack over 2,000 bags of food for kids that receive subsidized school lunches during the week and might not have access to nutritious food during the weekend. Kids that show up to school needing basic sustenance are not ready to learn. Hunger in the classroom (and anywhere) is a huge distraction from paying attention to the task at hand.
Packing all the bags is a big task, so volunteers are always needed during those two Wednesdays each month. Please contact varetta[at]faith-network[dot]com if you would like to be a part of this great team.
To go along with this focus on nutrition as a basic need, there is news that OUSD has set a goal to be "the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee universal access to primary health care to all its students."
Read this article to see how funding is being used and what sites will be set up in order for Oakland to help its public school children have access to basic care.
the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee universal access to primary health care to all its students
Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/18Gmu)
the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee universal access to primary health care to all its students
Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/18Gmu)
be the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee
universal access to primary health care to all its students.
Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/18Gmu)
be the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee
universal access to primary health care to all its students.
Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/18Gmu)
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