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UPDATE: Progress Toward School Meals for All

The Carolina Hunger Initiative is proud to be part of the leadership team for School Meals for All NC, which recently released […]

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023Meal Debt, NCGA, No-Cost Healthy School Meals, School Meals for All Campaign

UPDATE: Changes to Reduced-Price Meals for SY2023-24

With North Carolina lawmakers still working on the state budget (as of August 14, 2023), students will return to classrooms without the school lunch reduced-price copay, […]

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023Uncategorized

NEW RESOURCE: 2023 Back-to-School Nutrition Checklist

We all know that FOOD is the most important school supply. That’s why we’ve prepared a back-to-school nutrition checklist to help you make sure […]

August 12, 2023Carolina Hunger Initiative, NCGA, School Lunch, School Meals for All Campaign

ARTICLE: ‘1 in 6’: The State of Childhood Food Insecurity in North Carolina

Thank you to the journalists at the UNC Media Hub for turning their attention to child hunger in North Carolina. Read their […]

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023Carolina Hunger Initiative, Child Hunger, Fundraisers, School Meals for All Campaign

ARTICLE: Community Partnerships to Fight Hunger in North Carolina

Carolina Public Health Magazine – a publiciation of UNC-Chapel Hill, where we are based – recently profiled some of the work we […]

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023#SummerMeals4NCKids, Carolina Hunger Initiative, Child Hunger, COVID-19, Summer Meals

We’re Celebrating SCHOOL NUTRITION HEROES in North Carolina!

On Friday, May 5, school nutrition professionals will be celebrated statewide for SCHOOL NUTRITION HERO DAY! These heroes make sure students have the […]

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023School Lunch, School Nutrition Professionals

NC TEACHER OF THE YEAR: “North Carolina should provide school meals to all students. It did for me.”

In an editorial published in the Greensboro News & Record, 2022 NC Teacher of the Year Leah Carper, from Guilford County Schools, […]

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023School Meals for All Campaign

ARTICLES: School Meal Debt in NC

Two new stories about the rising school meal debt in North Carolina, including new reporting about debt in individual school districts, and […]

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023School Meals for All Campaign

EDITORIAL: Making All School Lunches Free in NC Will Cut Hunger, Stigma and Paperwork

The News & Observer has a new opinion piece about School Meals for All NC. Expanding student access to meals beyond what […]

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023School Meals for All Campaign

ARTICLES: School Meals for All NC Day of Action

On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the School Meals for All NC coalition held a Day of Action to educate legislators about the […]

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023NCGA, School Meals for All Campaign