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  At the December Board of Directors meeting the ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter received a report from Marie Johnson, TOT's Kitchen coordinator. In her report she informed the board of a program that needed to be added to TOT's Kitchen... the Backpack Program. Teachers and faculty at Kipps Academy were noticing that some of their students were arriving at school on Monday mornings hurrying to the breakfast/snack line. When asked why they were in such a hurry, the response was staggering. The children said they had not had much to eat over the weekend and they were hungry. The Backpack Program would give these children identified by the social worker fruits and healthy snacks for them to eat over the weekends. Marie asked for help with 20 students. The board agreed that the program was needed and voted to give funds for one weekend a month. Board members then began to volunteer personally to pick up another weekend each month. Other community organizations picked up the last two weekends to ensure the children would have food for every weekend. The program has truly touched the lives of the students involved. Below is a recent update from Marie on the Backpack Program: We are in our third month of the weekend snack program. It is very, very exciting to see the children collect their packs. The reality of the need for the snack packs came home hard when I had car troubles and could not deliver. The children and parents called and met me at the train station. Wow... but they got their snacks. Thank you so much for helping to provide snacks for all our children in the program. We currently feed 34 and have 29 on the waiting list. Here is a list of what this week's pack looks like, as students will be on spring break. This would cover 2 weekends. 3 Fruit juices Total weight ....8 1/2 lbs Our classes continue with the tots at the daycare and the middle schoolers at Kipp. This terms topic is... No cooked foods and wholesome nutritious snacks using fresh fruits and vegetables. "Each day we do a golden deed by helping those who are in need, THANK YOU ACF ATLANTA for making more CHILDREN HUNGER FREE. Yours truly, At the December Board of Directors meeting the ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter received a report from Marie Johnson, TOT's Kitchen coordinator. In her report she informed the board of a program that needed to be added to TOT's Kitchen... the Backpack Program. Teachers and faculty at Kipps Academy were noticing that some of their students were arriving at school on Monday mornings hurrying to the breakfast/snack line. When asked why they were in such a hurry, the response was staggering. The children said they had not had much to eat over the weekend and they were hungry. The Backpack Program would give these children identified by the social worker fruits and healthy snacks for them to eat over the weekends. Marie asked for help with 20 students. The board agreed that the program was needed and voted to give funds for one weekend a month. Board members then began to volunteer personally to pick up another weekend each month. Other community organizations picked up the last two weekends to ensure the children would have food for every weekend. The program has truly touched the lives of the students involved.
Below is a recent update from Marie on the Backpack Program:
We are in our third month of the weekend snack program. It is very, very exciting to see the children collect their packs. The reality of the need for the snack packs came home hard when I had car troubles and could not deliver. The children and parents called and met me at the train station. Wow... but they got their snacks. Thank you so much for helping to provide snacks for all our children in the program. We currently feed 34 and have 29 on the waiting list. Here is a list of what this week's pack looks like, as students will be on spring break. This would cover 2 weekends.
3 Fruit juices 2 breakfast cereal bars 2 small pks.cereals 3 pudding cups 2 pks peanut/dried cranberry 2 pks whole wheat cheese crackers 2 pks pretzels with peanut butter 2 apples 2 oranges 2 bananas 2 small mac& cheese cup
Total weight ....8 1/2 lbs Our classes continue with the tots at the daycare and the middle schoolers at Kipp. This terms topic is... No cooked foods and wholesome nutritious snacks using fresh fruits and vegetables. . "Each day we do a golden deed by helping those who are in need, our life on earth is but a span, so do the best you can". THANK YOU ACF ATLANTA for making more CHILDREN HUNGER FREE.
Yours truly, Marie Johnson TOT's Kitchen Coordinator
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April TOT's Kitchen Report
In April, we added 54 children to our weekend back pack program ! We are now over 200. Thank you ACF for stirring the water of hunger in Atlanta. It is wonderful how far we have come against childhood hunger. We are reaching our goal of adding at least 5 monthly. We are really exited. Thank God for all those who helped. We received 6 boxes of microwavable Beefaroni, 10 cases (x 40 in each case) 100% juice Capri Sun, a box of oranges and 2 cases of Vienna sausages from one community grocery store.
Our snacks for April included : baby carrots, pickle, oranges, apples, banana, pudding cups, sausage biscuits, oreo cookies, 100% juice, cereal, milk, oats, oval-tine cookies, peanut butter sandwich, pretzels, yogurt, cheese sticks, and peanut. Every boat needs a reliable engine and the ACF has been taking Tots Kitchen to its destination all the time. THANKS ACF.
May is celebrated as International Child's Month and we are assisting 4 pre- k classes to gradually replace regular snacks with Fresh fruits and vegetables over four weeks. Each class will use an evaluation tool to measure the outcome.
We had 16 classes in April at six centers with 132 students, 13 teachers and 5 parents. We invite parents to stay for our class which they do enjoy. We are currently preparing for graduation at all our schools( in May).
Plant protein was introduced as an alternative source of protein. One parent told us she did not know any other protein than meats. But she will certainly try veggie- sausages.
We added a new school May 3 with 41 students.
We are looking forward to summer school.
Sincerely,
Marie Johnson
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