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Food for Our Children subsidizes reduced‑price meals and weekend bags for LPO students
Summary
Child Nutrition Program director Bobby Coleman reported a 15‑year partnership with the nonprofit Food for Our Children that funds weekend meal bags, mid‑morning snacks and a meal subsidy that reduced costs for qualifying families.
Bobby Coleman presented the Child Nutrition Program report at the Lake Pend Oreille School District board meeting on July 1, describing an ongoing partnership with the local nonprofit Food for Our Children that provides weekend meal bags, mid‑morning snacks and a meal subsidy for families who fall short of federal eligibility thresholds.
Coleman said Food for Our Children has operated about 15 years in Bonner County and funds a weekend food program serving students across district schools. He described the weekend program’s budget as roughly $100,000 per year to supply products for signed‑up families. The organization also funds a mid‑morning snack program (about $8,188 annually) and a meal subsidy program that reduces costs for families who fall within about $20,000 of federal income eligibility guidelines.
Under the meal subsidy described by Coleman, Food for Our Children covers the difference to allow affected families to pay reduced prices — “30¢ for breakfast and 40¢ for lunch,” he said — and Coleman reported about 261 families received meals through that subsidy this year. He estimated the foundation’s support for those subsidies runs in the tens of thousands annually (Coleman said “it averages $67–90,000 a year”).
Coleman thanked the nonprofit for fundraising and community support and directed interested community members to the group’s webpage for volunteering and donations. Board members did not pose substantive questions during Coleman’s report.
