Student Feeds 6000 at Local High School

[Cloyd]

A good story about a teenager who wanted to fix a problem at local high school.
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F O O D for ThoughtÓ
http://www.ffthought.webs.com
A Food Program
Serving the Community
One Meal at a TimeÓ

June 2009

Dear Friends ~

I would like to thank you for supporting Food for Thought, a meal service program at Science Hill High School. When Food for Thought enters its sixth academic year in August of 2009, the program will have provided over 6000 meals to students since its conception in the 04/05 school year.

Food for Thought started as an idea. An idea to help fellow students in a time of need when they were without financial means to purchase lunch. Five years and 5000 meals later, it is an established program that SHHS embraces and relies on to assist students with lunch meals. I have spent this past year searching for the right student or group of students who share the same interest in helping others to oversee Food for Thought, keep it strong and readily available for fellow students. I am pleased to announce the FBLA student association under the direction of Ms. Marsha Salyers, will be overseeing the growth and program development of Food for Thought when school convenes in August ’09.

Food for Thought is an award-winning program that SHHS and the community can be proud of. Food for Thought is the recipient of local, regional, and national recognition…. People helping People is the main reason for receiving the Point of Light Award from President George Bush, November 2007 and most recently received grant funding from the Bristol TN chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities.

A couple of things I want to remind you of in closing that continue to make this program unique ~
· Food for Thought places 100% of the donated funds directly into the lunch accounts at Science Hill High School for lunch meals.
· Food for Thought is a student- founded, student-lead program.
· Food for Thought was developed to help every student and in a time of need.
· Food for Thought was never designed to replace a program, but to help students when they needed help. I’ve used it, my friends have used it, I am certain your children and grandchildren have used it.

I ask that you share in my excitement as I get ready to graduate and Food for Thought continues to assist students for many years to come.

Thank you again for your support,

Audrey Cloyd
Program Founder & Senior
Science Hill High School

Send donations to: Food for Thought, 2717 Cherokee Road, Johnson City, TN 37604
www.ffthought.webs.com

[Foxtrot]

so do they give away all those meals for free? how can they afford that with all these modern day budget cuts?

any school with a cafeteria is lucky; at mine we just have a "snack bar" where you're supposed to buy low-quality food for way too much money. its not an actual meal or anything, just expensive food that I'm done with in about 2 seconds.

[bitterclinger84]

I was SO proud of my little sister's graduating class. The four years that she was in high school they raised enough money to send one of their "special needs" kids to Disney World with his mom (PLUS $500 spending money!!). They also worked out a deal with a local Ford dealership and raised money to buy one of their teachers a new car after hers was vandalized in the parking lot. And when I say vandalized, I mean the insurance company declared it totaled. So yea, some of these kids know how to do some good!!

[COnservatron]

Was this at a public or a private high school?

[RogerDodger]

I applaud this kid's initiative, but I don't know of any public school that doesn't offer free and/or reduced meals to low income kids.

[bitterclinger84]

I applaud this kid's initiative, but I don't know of any public school that doesn't offer free and/or reduced meals to low income kids.

From what I read, it's not necessarily that they're providing lunch to kids who qualify for free/reduced lunch, more that they're providing the occasional meal to someone who's going through a hard time and their parents need a little help.

[chemguy]

I applaud this kid's initiative, but I don't know of any public school that doesn't offer free and/or reduced meals to low income kids.

Unfortunately, a lot of middle school/high school students who come from families that qualify for free/reduced won't apply for them. It can really have a detrimental effect on their learning.