As the school year gets underway in the United States millions of kids will benefit from our National School Lunch Program . Started in 1946 by President Harry Truman, this program provides free and reduced price school lunches to needy kids. It’s important our elected officials protect and strengthen our school meals programs to ensure no American child goes hungry.

Think also how important it is for children in South Sudan receiving school lunches from the charity Mary’s Meals . South Sudan is a country devastated by conflict and is on the border of the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The hungry school children in South Sudan receiving lunches from Mary’s Meals have hope for a better life. There are many more kids who need school meals.

School meals are important for

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