Since March, Cincinnati Public Schools have been offering meals to families for their students during the pandemic. However, school officials noticed that some of the students and families did not have the opportunity to collect these meals. Now they bring meals to the neighborhood to make sure every child is fed. This difficult time in our country is only getting worse for those who do not know where their next meal is coming from. “It’s not getting any better out here. The pandemic, the weird stuff in the White House and they don’t give postage stamps yet. That’s why it’s difficult for us out here,” said Tina Hill, parents at Cincinnati Public Schools. Hill is the parent of a 13 year old and the 14 year old at CPS. She came just a few blocks away to pick up meals for her children. “It helps them eat. You no longer have to worry about going to bed hungry anymore. Yes, we are.” Really grateful, “said Hill. These kits offer breakfast and lunch for seven days. The program itself isn’t new. CPS has been offering free meals to those who need them since the pandemic started, but they noticed some families couldn’t Don’t make it to the schools. So now trucks go to different neighborhoods every Wednesday to distribute meals. “We still have all of our school-based sites up and running. This is in addition to that. These ten stops that actually go to the neighborhood to reach the student populations who may not have transportation to our schools, “said Jessica Shelly, student restaurant manager at CPS. Parents like Hill say when the truck is out they will it be too “I’m really going to take advantage of it. I’ll make sure I tell my whole building about it, “Hill said. CPS will be making these stops every Wednesday through the end of January. CPS says your child doesn’t need to be with you to get the meal kits.
Since March, Cincinnati Public Schools have been offering meals to families for their students during the pandemic. However, school officials noticed that some of the students and families did not have the opportunity to collect these meals.
Now they are bringing the meals to the neighborhood to make sure every child is being fed.
This difficult time in our country is only getting worse for those who do not know where their next meal is coming from.
“It’s not getting any better out here, the pandemic, the White House stuff is going crazy and they don’t give postage stamps yet. That’s why it’s difficult for us out here,” said Tina Hill, a parent at Cincinnati Public Schools.
Hill is parents of a 13 year old and a 14 year old at CPS.
She came just a few blocks away to pick up meals for her children.
“It helps them eat. You no longer have to worry about going to bed hungry. Yeah, we’re really grateful,” said Hill.
These kits provide breakfast and lunch for seven days.
The program itself is not new.
CPS has been offering free meals to those who need them since the pandemic started, but they noticed that some families couldn’t make it to schools.
So now every Wednesday trucks drive to different neighborhoods to distribute meals.
“We still have all of our school-based locations up and running. This is in addition to these. These ten stops are actually getting into the neighborhood to reach the student populations who may not have transportation to our schools,” said Jessica Shelly, director of student affairs Restaurant services at CPS.
Parents like Hill say when the truck is out, so will be.
“I’m really going to take advantage of it. I’ll make sure I tell my entire building about it,” Hill said.
CPS will make these stops every Wednesday through the end of January.
According to the CPS, your child doesn’t need to be with you to receive the meal sets.