KINGSTON — A local school meals program is benefitting from increases in federal and provincial funding.

The Food Sharing Project, which provides meals to 88 schools across Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, expects funding increases after the federal government pledged to boost the budget for the National School Food Program in its budget next month.

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The provincial government also announced a $5-million increase to its Student Nutrition Programs.

“Funding from the National School Food Program started to flow to us last January and it has been transformational, allowing us to move to the next level of school food support,” Brenda Moore, chair of The Food Sharing Project, said in a news release.

Each week, volunteers with The Food Sharing Project pack nine to

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