2/3 of Ferguson kids rely on free or reduced school lunches..Teacher raises $130k to keep them fed.

[Playinghardball]

The unrest in Ferguson, Missouri has delayed the start of the 2014-15 school year. As a result, public school children who would normally be receiving free lunches are left without food options.

Enter Julianna Mendelsohn, a fifth-grade teacher in Bahama, North Carolina, who has raised over $130,000 to feed students from low-income families in Ferguson until schools reopen on Aug. 25.

"As the world watches the events unfolding in Ferguson, many people have thought 'how can I help?'" writes Mendelsohn on her fundly.com page. "As a public school teacher, my first thought is always about the children involved in any tragic situation like this. When I found out school had been canceled for several days as a result of the civil unrest, I immediately became worried for the students in households with food instability. Many children in the US eat their only meals of the day, breakfast and lunch, at school. With school out, kids are undoubtedly going hungry."

More here: http://www.essence.com/2014/08/20/teacher-raises-130k-feed-ferguson-public-school-students/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. A big, fat K&R!

[Demit]

2. "rely on."

[Playinghardball]

5. Thanks....error corrected...

[ChazII]

3. Julianna, thank you

for your caring and helping to feed these children.

[KamaAina]

4. I must say, I was not expecting to see any white kids in that pic

I figured they all would have been placed in private school (likely Catholic) by now.

[Turn CO Blue]

6. They raised $154K! That fund request has ended but they are asking to consider

donating funds for the St. Louis area bi-state regional foodbank, if anyone is still looking for a way to donate or assist the area.

http://stlfoodbank.org/

[Starry Messenger]

7. K&R

[DocMac]

8. K&R nt

[Aldo Leopold]

9. Read about this yesterday. Wonderful.