Rather than let cafeteria food go to waste at this Indiana school, a nonprofit is sending it home with needy kids.
A volunteer at Cultivate alongside the packaged meals that are sent to students in Elkhart, Ind., and other charity organizations that the nonprofit serves. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow April 3 at 3:36 PM Most kids look forward to the weekend. But for some students at Woodland Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind., it’s not always a happy time.
“It’s been a struggle as a mom,” she told The Washington Post. “There’s times where its been just peanut butter and jelly." Cultivate takes leftovers to its facilities, where a small staff and group of volunteers compile them into meals that include a protein, a vegetable, and a starch. They’re packaged in recyclable containers and frozen to maintain freshness, then placed in backpacks that are distributed by school officials to students in the program.
Cultivate had already begun piloting a school-lunch program similar to Woodland’s at the nearby Madison STEAM Academy in South Bend, Ind., Conklin told The Post. The group provides weekend meals for 100 students at that school, and the food comes from donors such as the University of Notre Dame, a partner, as well as local event spaces and catering services.
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