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When Lyndon Johnson enlisted the nation’s help with the war on poverty, who would have believed — more than 50 years later — that so many children in the Toledo area would be going hungry? A quarter of Toledo’s population lives in poverty and Toledo Public Schools has the highest rate of homelessness in Ohio with nearly 3,000 homeless students. … Read More

Childhood hunger in northwest Ohio is an ongoing and growing problem, one that Connecting Kids to Meals is trying to rectify. “Going hungry is a problem we should be able to solve,” said Wendi Huntley, the nonprofit’s president. “The core issue is that people don’t know there is a childhood hunger problem in our community.” The group is hosting an … Read More

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) – More than 340,000 people do not have enough food right here in the 419 area code. That means one in five families are wondering what their next meal will be and where it will come from. One non-profit is expanding to better serve our community, especially the children. Read the full story and watch the video … Read More

TOLEDO, Ohio (WNWO) — The Connecting Kids to Meals campaign kicked off on Thursday in Toledo at the Cherry Street Mission Ministries. The organization is celebrating 15 years of fighting childhood hunger. It’s teaming up with local businesses over the next 15 days. Connecting Kids to Meals has served more than five million meals in our area in the past … Read More

TOLEDO (13abc Action News) – A recent report from the Ohio Department of Education shows the Toledo Public School District has the highest number of homeless students in the entire state. There are a lot of people working with various programs and shelters to help change that. The report shows there are about 2,700 homeless students in Toledo Public Schools.The … Read More

Hunger does not stop in the summer. To feed youth in need, Toledo-based Connecting Kids to Meals works with 116 area sites that meet children where they are. Among those are 13 branches of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. Read the full story from the Toledo Blade: http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2017/08/07/Library-helps-feed-kids-in-summer-Program-ensures-children-are-nourished-in-both-body-and-mind.html

More than 30-thousand kids in our area face hunger on a regular basis. Thanks to a partnership with Cherry Street Mission Ministries, Connecting Kids to Meals has a new state-of-the-art kitchen. It means more meals can be provided to kids in need. Reposted from 13abc.

Summer Meal Partners held a press conference to announce their upcoming summer meals program. Connecting Kids to Meals is the convenor of this organization.