"How do you decide which kids get food and which don't?" It's a common question put to us, asking who plays the role of "Basic Needs Decider" in schools. Our answer is simple: we feed those who are hungry. "Sure, but how do you determine which ones NEED it?" Our school system is over 70% food insecure; the schools where we've implemented are trending between 84-98%. With stats like that, we're not so much worried about those who don't need food so much as the ones who need mo

“That kid just stuffed his pockets with your fruit snacks.” We’ve reached a point in the American timeline I hoped I’d never witness: a moment when people feel entitled to scold a nonprofit for allowing hungry children to take food. Every time I think we can’t sink lower in our disregard for one another, we find a new depth. Our organization sends food home every weekend with 3,350 local children to ensure they don’t endure those days without eating. What was once a “small no

"Why don't we feed children over the summer?" It was a question I asked our board when I first became the ED for the organization. At the...

It all started, and ended, with food. In 2014, I was awarded my first Golden Pen and later “Letter of the Year” by The Journal Gazette....