Families Given Fruit and Vegetable Pieces to Feed Hungry Children for Week
On 1/12/21 at 8:32 AM EST
The parents of children in some of England s poorest areas have shared pictures of sparse food parcels meant to stop them from going hungry while they are forced to stay home due to COVID lockdown.
The parcels, described by opposition politicians as woefully inadequate , are being handed to the parents of children eligible for the U.K. government s Free School Meal scheme. Normally these children would be provided with a hot meal during the school day, but due to COVID rules banning children from attending school unless in exceptional circumstances, school leaders are being asked to provide the parcels to families instead.
Sherry Gordon of Youngstown, left, takes a box of food from Heather Kennedy at the toy and food giveaway at Gleaners Food Bank on Pyatt Street in Youngstown on Wednesday. Volunteers helped at least 300 children have a better Christmas.
Staff photo / Ed Runyan
YOUNGSTOWN Large garbage bags full of new toys came off of a semi tractor-trailer Wednesday at Gleaners Food Bank on Pyatt Street so that volunters could place them in the vehicles of families of 300 children.
In some cases, people came to pick up toys for three families, meaning they received three bags full. In several cases, the bags didn’t all fit very well into their car.