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2004 Annual Report:
The Meal Connection
Ensuring families have access to the food
they need.
- Partnered with the Ohio Department of Education,
schools, community-based organizations, the American Dairy
Association, Ohio Action for Healthy Kids and many other
local foundations and corporations to expand School Breakfast
Program, National School Lunch Program, as well as afterschool
and summer meal programs.
 Assisted
school districts across Ohio in implementing strategies
such as Universal Breakfast, Breakfast in the Classroom,
and Grab’n’Go Breakfast resulting in 4.2 million
school breakfasts served reaching over 26,000 additional
children and 3.7 million additional school lunches served
reaching over 17,500 additional children.- Increased participation in the 2004
Summer Food Service Program by 53 new sponsors, 214 new
sites and more than an estimated 8,200 children for a total
of 200,000 meals and snacks provided to children in the
summer. (Official Ohio Department
of Education numbers were not available at press time.)
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leadership
and dedication to expanding access to food, nutrition education and quality child
care. To achieve this, Children's Hunger Alliance must break the cycle of hunger
through education, leadership, advocacy and service. That is our mission.
