Orbit: Store Created in Response to Food Assistance Need Expands
Ava Dieck, Reporter
February 24, 2017
Recent numbers prove that a shifting demographic creates a higher need for food assistance programs within the Neenah Joint School District (N.J.S.D.) and its surrounding community; therefore the district response within the Home of the Rockets is to create the Orbit to service students in need. ...
Fighting Hunger: Breakfast Brings Focus
Emily Roberts, Reporter
February 16, 2017
While some students eat a home cooked breakfast comprised of fresh pancakes and sizzling bacon before the bell rings at 7:50 a.m., others hop on a familiar yellow bus to arrive with time to spare for consuming a breakfast courtesy of Chartwells Dining Services -- many of which are free or reduced. Annou...
Fighting Hunger: One Helping Hand at a Time
BaJie Vang, Reporter
January 27, 2017
Hunger, a worldwide epidemic -- affecting more than a million families and children across the globe and in Wisconsin -- offers no reprive to families who struggle with poverty. According to host.madison.com, about one in five children suffer from hunger in Wisconsin. In Winnebago County, according to Feeding America, in 2014 about 19,800 people suffered food insecurities. As poverty has grown in the past decade, low-income families have entered N....
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