Penn Wood Middle School recognized for breakfast program – DelcoTimes – February 10, 2015
A press conference celebrated the school’s Breakfast in the Classroom program, which has seen breakfast participation in the school jump from 23 percent in…
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf, ‘a people person,’ should select aides who can compromise, insiders say – The Patriot News – November 8, 2014
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tom Wolf’s business background, education and low-key style will aid him as the state’s chief executive, but to succeed the governor-elect…
وجه الجوع: الكامن في الظل - شبكة أخبار مقاطعة ديلاوير - 6 نوفمبر 2014
In the midst of our affluent society lurks hunger. It stalks children and the elderly alike. Hidden from most of us, it makes itself…
Panel Discussion – Expanding School Breakfast in Pennsylvania – YouTube video
Kathy Fisher, Public Citizens for Children and Youth, Jerry Oleksiak, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Valerie Nartowicz, School Nutrition Association of Pennsylvania and Vonda Cooke,…
Pennsylvania schools eligible to receive grant to implement breakfast in the Classroom – University City Review – July 1, 2014
Building off the success of the Pennsylvania School Breakfast Challenge, which involved over one-thousand schools statewide, awarded prizes to 33 winning schools, and increased…
Breakfast challenge shows positive results at schools – The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 14, 2014
A statewide effort to get more students to eat breakfast is yielding surprisingly positive results. In a recent contest, Philadelphia’s Feltonville School of Arts…
Philadelphia’s Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences Tops in PA for School Breakfast
School Beat Out 1,000 Schools across PA to Win First Pennsylvania School Breakfast Challenge PHILADELPHIA (June 13th, 2014) – Philadelphia’s own Feltonville School of…
Advocates offer ways to make a real difference in alleviating poverty – The Philadelphia Inquirer – May 15, 2014
THE RISE in poverty and its attendant problems is all the worse because of the shredding of the social safety net, but Philadelphia has…
Tapped Out: An intimate look at hardship – Philadelphia Daily News – May 13, 2014
IT WAS dusk, growing dark quickly, so when a man suddenly appeared at my car window in the parking lot of Home Depot, I…
Pennsylvania Schools Get New Tool to Fight Child Hunger
Download Press Release Community Eligibility Provision Will Help Increase Participation in School Meals PHILADELPHIA (April 30th, 2014) – High-poverty schools in southeastern Pennsylvania are…