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Cullman County After School Feeding Program
The Cullman County School Nutrition department has launched an extremely innovative program this week. It is called the 'After School Feeding Program'.
According to Emily Blankenship the Director of Cullman County School Nutrition, this a two-school test run for a county-wide After School Feeding Program. This program started Monday at the Fairview Cafeteria as well as Child Development Center Cafeteria.
The After School Feeding Program is FREE of charge to ANY and ALL children who reside in Cullman County under the age of 18.
Participating children are served a hot meal and snacks commencing as soon as the school day ends and runs until 4 pm each weekday at each cafeteria.
On February 1st, this program will broaden to both the Hanceville and West Point school cafeterias. Assuming this program proceeds successfully, it will ultimately become available across ALL Cullman County school districts.
The fundamental goal of the program is to assist parents in feeding their children after school. These hot meals and snacks also give a nutritional boost to children who might otherwise be lacking.
There are NO application forms for parents or guardians to fill out.
All after-school meals and snacks are served in group settings in the cafeterias at no cost to the child, or to the child’s parents or guardians. As you will learn in this informative video, Cullman County School Nutrition is taking the program one step further than many school systems around the country. They are also sending out these hot meals on departing school buses. As the child exits the school bus for their walk home, they are given a hot meal to take home.
Full story with images and interviews can be found here: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/11/cullman-county-after-school-f...
Cullman County After School Feeding Program
The Cullman County School Nutrition department has launched an extremely innovative program this week. It is called the 'After School Feeding Program'.
According to Emily Blankenship the Director of Cullman County School Nutrition, this a two-school test run for a county-wide After School Feeding Program. This program started Monday at the Fairview Cafeteria as well as Child Development Center Cafeteria.
The After School Feeding Program is FREE of charge to ANY and ALL children who reside in Cullman County under the age of 18.
Participating children are served a hot meal and snacks commencing as soon as the school day ends and runs until 4 pm each weekday at each cafeteria.
On February 1st, this program will broaden to both the Hanceville and West Point school cafeterias. Assuming this program proceeds successfully, it will ultimately become available across ALL Cullman County school districts.
The fundamental goal of the program is to assist parents in feeding their children after school. These hot meals and snacks also give a nutritional boost to children who might otherwise be lacking.
There are NO application forms for parents or guardians to fill out.
All after-school meals and snacks are served in group settings in the cafeterias at no cost to the child, or to the child’s parents or guardians. As you will learn in this informative video, Cullman County School Nutrition is taking the program one step further than many school systems around the country. They are also sending out these hot meals on departing school buses. As the child exits the school bus for their walk home, they are given a hot meal to take home.
Full story with images and interviews can be found here: cullmantoday.com/2017/01/11/cullman-county-after-school-f...