The Food Sharing Project is a registered charity that provides nutritious food for in-school breakfast, lunch and hearty snack programs at all publicly funded schools across Kingston and throughout Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Counties. Students come to school without enough food for a variety of reasons and educators and research tell us that when they can eat nutritious food at school, students are more engaged in their learning, can focus better on tasks and can have more positive social interactions throughout the day. As a community partner of the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, and with the support of many others, we source and deliver healthy food to schools where staff and volunteers make snacks and meals accessible to any student who needs nutrition, for any reason, at no charge.
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Thank you, from the bottoms of our bellies.
– JG Simcoe PS Kindergarten studentsWow, look at this food. They really care about us.
– A secondary school student overheard by a teacherHonestly, having the grab and go station in the school just helps me make it to class.
– Secondary school studentI don’t know why, but math is easier after I have something to eat.
– Elementary studentI saw the student putting a few extra cartons of milk in his backpack, so I gently asked why, and he said he was taking it for his siblings because, "school is the only place we can get fresh milk."
– Secondary school teacher“Just a note to say thank you and your helpers for all you have done for myself and my family. You don’t have to do anymore I think we will be okay for now.”
– written in a thank you card from a family who was receiving additional food support at home during the COVID-19 pandemic