Removing hunger as a barrier to learning

Help us remove hunger
as a barrier to learning
Sponsor a school near you.
Give financially to feed hungry
children and their families.
Removing
hunger
as a barrier
to learning
Volunteer to deliver food to
schools. Help us get food into the
hands of students!
Invite us to speak at your next
group meeting or event.
With the community’s support,
we can spread the love further!
“There are so many kids that
come here, and the only meals
they get are the meals at school,
but now they have the Love
Pantry.”
- Angela Crapps, Lake Como Elementary School
Dear Love Pantry,
Thank you for the food and I hope you
have a good day. If you haven’t gave us
the food we wouldn’t eat. But I really,
really thank you for it. I love what you
did for my family. My mom said it was
a blessing. I thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Kayla
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For a list of Love Pantry schools, please contact:
Christian Service Center for Central Florida
808 W. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32805
407.425.2523 ext. 230
LovePantry.org | ChristianServiceCenter.org
Email: [email protected]
The Love Pantry
is an initiative of the Christian
Service Center in partnership with
Orange County Public Schools. Each
project school is provided with a cabinet
stocked with emergency food and basic
hygiene items, and restocked weekly by
volunteers throughout the semester. When
a teacher identifies a student in need, the
family can be provided with food and valuable
community resource information. The project is
simple and the process to help the student is kept
completely confidential.
The Love Pantry places emergency
food in the schools - and into the hands
of students. Many of the students we
serve receive their only nutritious meal(s) of the
day at the school cafeteria. Often their families
are facing extremely limited financial resources,
and may be homeless, living in a shelter, in a
hotel, or in the family car.
By the numbers:
“The Love Pantry has been a wonderful
resource for our families... how can I talk
to a parent about helping their child with
homework when the family has no food?”
- Dr. Jennifer Porter-Smith
Principal of Nap Ford Community School
• 23 of the most common food items
• 8 of the most common hygiene items
• 176,256 students enrolled in
Orange County Schools
• 58% of students are eligible
for free or reduced lunch
• 4,844 homeless students
currently in Orange County Schools
• 1,100 meals in each cabinet
(estimated meals per semester)
• $0 cost to schools or families
Facts About Child Nutrition
Missing meals and experiencing
hunger impairs children’s development and
achievement. Studies published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Pediatrics, and the
Journal of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry document the negative
effects of hunger on children’s academic
performance and behavior in school. Hungry
children have lower math scores. They are more
likely to repeat a grade, come to school late, or
miss it entirely.
Sources: www.nea.org and Food Research and Action Center
(FRAC), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
“The parents who receive this great service
are able to feed
their children
before sending
them to school
for a long day of
studying, and
they are always
grateful.”
- Kenlyn TalbotWilliams, Homeless
Education Coordinator,
Glenridge Middle
School