“For every snow day after, any residual, childhood excitement I felt at the prospect of a day off was tempered by a twisting feeling in my gut for the kids who would not get a decent meal that day.”

“For many of my students, hunger and food insecurity are common experiences, and school may be the only place where they are guaranteed a meal.”

“The students I serve, along with millions of others across the country, must pack the weight of food insecurity in their backpacks daily to school.”