Many children who rely on free and reduced price lunches during school year go home to meager or no meals on weekends. The Shifa Clinic Child Hunger Prevention program works to fill that gap.
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On Fridays children of Eagle Nest Elementary School receive a Food Sack containing six balanced meals and two healthy snacks at the end of every week. The children are selected by school principals, guidance counselors, and various after school programs. The food is given discretely to kids with their parents permission. The school has a consent form which is signed by parents and kept on record with school. The children come down to School Counselor area every Friday between 1:30 and 2:00 to get their bag. The teachers are all aware of this process and send them down.
We started the program with 5 children per month in 2014 currently we serve 100 children a month. We will be expanding the program to include more children depending on the funding and resources available.
You can either donate monetary towards the program or bring us the supplies.
Sponsor one child for a month: $20
Sponsor one child for year: $200
Connor is an 8 year old boy who heard about the program and want
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Many children who rely on free and reduced price lunches during school year go home to meager or no meals on weekends. The Shifa Clinic Child Hunger Prevention program works to fill that gap.
We provide compassionate and high quality multispeciality free medical care to uninsured and indigent people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or national origin.
We have 4 hunger prevention programs and several outreach programs and giveaways for turkey, holiday and back to school.