Food sacks attack weekend hunger for kids at two Denver schools
On Friday, more than 600 students at two elementary schools in Denver got a sack of food to take home to their families, ensuring they won't go hungry over the weekend.
"We know there are a large number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch in Denver, but when we actually learned what the income had to be to qualify, we were stunned," said Mike Wray, assistant professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver. "It's dramatically low."
The college partnered with the Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club to fund and coordinate the sack lunch program, which they're calling Food for Thought, at Columbian and Fairview elementary schools.
"Often the last meal some of these children have gotten is Friday at lunch, but how can
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