LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — September is Starvation Motion Month. Each day, greater than 100,000 children in Clark County don’t get sufficient to eat. An area group is working to bridge the hole.
In Clark County, free college breakfast and lunch packages hold children fed throughout the week. However what occurs on the weekends when college is out? That’s the place the Serving Our Youngsters Basis steps in.
“We really have one mission and that is to provide weekend meal bags to food-insecure children here in Clark County,” CEO Laurie Tanakaya stated.
Based on Feeding America, one in 5 children in Clark County struggles with meals insecurity. Since 2013, the Serving Our Youngsters Basis has supplied free weekend meals for youngsters in want, bridging the hole from Friday to Monday.
“Just over the last couple of years, we’ve seen about a 20% increase in the need,” Tanakaya added. “Clark County has one of the highest child food insecurity rates across the United States. We’re 21%. The United States is at 19%, so the need here in Clark County is really, really significant.”
Greater than 200 volunteers pack and ship meals to college students throughout the valley every week.
“We service over 98 schools throughout Clark County,” Govt Director David Archer stated.
Every weekend meal bag is stuffed with goodies for the youngsters – two breakfast gadgets, two lunch gadgets, and naturally, loads of snacks to maintain them going. However the factor the youngsters get most enthusiastic about – prime ramen.
“Every year, we try to evaluate what the kids really do like and will eat, and that’s what we try to include is something balanced for them,” stated Tanakaya.
Each week, greater than 4,000 kids are fed by way of this system, permitting them to focus not on meals however on their future.
“Just to see the impact that serving our kids has in the community, it warms my heart,” Archer defined.
The Serving Our Youngsters Basis companions with Three Sq. Meals Financial institution to supply free meals. Serving Our Youngsters focuses on elementary and center faculties, whereas excessive schoolers obtain meals immediately from Three Sq..
