CLEVELAND — Feeding families this holiday season is a major priority for many people, including a few teachers from Franklin D. Roosevelt Academy in Cleveland.

“This year we noticed a lot more of the need within our classrooms,” said teacher Valacity.

And they were able to find a solution. On Saturday, they visited the non-profit Thanksgiving Heroes Cleveland to pick up Thanksgiving meal boxes for their students’ families.

“We're so excited to go see them on a Saturday and most of them don't know we're coming so we know they will be [excited] to see us,” said Valacity.

The organization is serving 2,250 families in Cuyahoga, Erie and Lorain counties; organizers said that’s 250 more than last year.

“One in seven people are food insecure in Ohio, so we want to make sure that every child

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