The former Montgomery Inn in Dublin buzzed with energy Monday morning as about 30 volunteers filled 500 bags with packages of macaroni and cheese, granola bars, goldfish packages, chip bags and candy.
"Kids who rely on food from school, when those kids are away from school for an extended period of time, that can be very challenging for them," said Ashley Kanney, the founder and president."It can cause anxiety, whereas a lot of kids are super excited to be away from school.Kanney began Feed the Kids in December 2019 after realizing that students who rely on free and reduced lunches often go hungry during extended school breaks, like over the Thanksgiving holiday.
With the schools closed during COVID-19, she pivoted to helping out at community centers and then switched to making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She hopes her four children — her daughters are first and third graders at St. Brigid of Kildare and she also has a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old — will want to help fight food insecurity when they get older.
This is bullshit. They're feeding them easy Mac, chips and candy. They don't care about their well being, health or success. This is a Karen and her white savior complex trying to fake make a difference.
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