Hello everyone. I was just curious how often children come to you with tummy aches or what-not due to being hungry from lack of food at home. Do you have resources available to help? I am a nursing student and food insecurity in children has really become a passion of mine. A few months ago I had read an article that there were 250 homeless students in our school district alone. This blew my mind! The school district also has a Homeless Liaison dedicated to helping these kids and families.
I am very interested in becoming a school nurse and was just curious as to what your roles are in assessing these children's needs and how responsive the schools are to your findings. I started up a permanent snack drive here through a local business and a mom's group on facebook. Each week we deliver snack bags to the district office to be handed out to the kids. Now I am working on getting a backpack program set up here as well with the assistance of the homeless liaison.
This program is such a wonderful thing for the kids. I wanted to share it with you all to see if you or anyone you may know would want to start this program up in your district. This is a great resource- and could also be an educational point to discuss in school meetings and community meetings to rally support as hunger affects a child's learning. This program can be started anywhere in the nation. Here is the link to the program: http://end68hoursofhunger.org/
