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Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Food For Students program has served more than one million meals to children in the community since the pandemic began.
Since mid-March, the expanded program, formerly known as Food For The Summer, has utilized USDA funds, private donations and community volunteer support to provide local students with meals every day.
After their meal distribution in December, Food For Students had served more than 900,000 meals. Now, 11 months into the pandemic, the program has hit its biggest milestone yet.
“I think what that million mark means for all of us that have been at this is that we never gave up and we’re not stopping,” said Liz Cartano, the Director of Dining for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.