{"id":11919,"date":"2014-01-22T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=11919"},"modified":"2014-01-22T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:46:54","slug":"hazelwood-district-launches-new-food-for-thought-food-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=11919","title":{"rendered":"Hazelwood District Launches New \u2018Food For Thought\u2019 Food Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Hazelwood PTA Council, Hazelwood National Education Association (HNEA), and the Hazelwood School District launched the new Food For Thought program this week, a food pantry for students who are in need. This program will provide students who lack access to nutritious food at home with a reliable source of food for evenings, weekends, and other breaks from school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Food For Thought program officially began on Monday, Jan.\u00a0 20, which coincided with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Non-perishable food items to stock the \u201cFood For Thought\u201d program could be\u00a0 purchased and donated at the Shop N Save, 175 Flower Valley Shopping Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased to see the Hazelwood PTA Council, HNEA, school district and our community to come together to address this important issue,\u201d said Supt. Grayling Tobias, \u201cAcross the nation, the number of students who receive free or reduced lunch continues to grow in this challenging economy. While these children can depend on lunch at school, they often go home at night and on the weekends to empty cupboards and must rely on snacks, eat at a friend\u2019s home or unable to eat at all. The Food for Thought program aligns with HSD\u2019s No. 1 goal to increase student achievement. Helping to provide nutritious meals for our students away from school demonstrates that we will do what we can to help our children to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the 2013 Missouri Hunger Atlas, there has been a general increase in the amount of \u201cfood insecure\u201d Missourians.\u00a0Food insecure describes people who must reduce food intake and\/or skip meals due to limited financial resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany students come to school hungry each day,\u201d said Angie Carey, Missouri PTA regional director and Hazelwood School District PTA Council board director.\u00a0 \u201cWe are extremely excited to partner with NEA, the District, Shop N Save, and the community as a whole. Their generosity allows us to provide support to families dealing with hunger issues.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President Obama’s national call to service initiative. It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems. We could not have selected a more fitting day to launch this Food For Thought initiative, a program which addresses the basic needs of our children,\u201d said Carey.<\/p>\n

The Food For Thought pantries will be housed at the three HSD high school sites: Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood East and Hazelwood West, but will be used to support all HSD students who are in need. For the program to be sustainable, continued support from the Hazelwood PTA Council, HNEA, HSD and the entire community will be needed, it was pointed out.<\/p>\n

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