“Lunch Love…” #GivingTuesday Help Local Kids in Need

A little about me...I took a break from radio last year, and I taught middle school English at one of the roughest schools in Gaston County. Teaching, sadly, wasn't for me.

I loved the kids though and worried about many of them at night. Lots of the kids I taught had absent parents and had rough home environments. Many of the children I taught were only able to eat at school. This made me extremely sad, and it's something I've thought about often over the last year.

Today, I called Gaston County Schools and spoke with the Director of Nutrition, Frank Fields. I wanted to see how I could donate money towards exceeded lunch accounts. The only hot meal some kids get happens at school, and honestly, the last thing a kid needs to think about is if they are gonna be able to eat or not. Now, I understand it's the parent's job to pay for their child's lunch accounts, but sometimes, that can't happen. After speaking with Frank, I realized there wasn't a way that numerous people could donate money to help kids pay for lunches. I went to Fundly, and set up an account. All the monies raised will go into an account that the county has, to cover things for students. I picked Gaston County because that's where I'm from. Feel free to contact the school system in your area! Maybe together we can create a movement to help feed children in North Carolina.