Thousands of Oklahoma’s children are currently carrying unpaid meal balances and school districts are expected to absorb this debt with no help from the state. In Eufaula, OK when we asked the Child Nutrition Specialist last fall what the debt was in the Eufaula Elementary Schools, she told us that there was a balance of $5,747.98 and this was only for students with a bill over $100 each!
Here are some statistics from Melanie Hanson, who is an educator, research analyst and the senior editor for the Education Data Initiative.. “School Lunch Debt Statistics” EducationData.org, January 9, 2024, https://educationdata.org/school-lunch-debt
The national public school meal debt is $262 million a year.
Children unable to afford a proper meal are defined as being food-insecure; they lack reliable access to food. Many of those children who owe school meal debt are part of families who earn too much to be considered for free or reduced lunch, but also earn too little to afford regular school meals.
In Oklahoma, there are 213,720 food-insecure children. The school meal debt is $38,597,832. We, at Eufaula Lakeshore Realty, want to do something to help the food-insecure children in the Eufaula area. We want to do what we can to lower the school meal debt. We want to do this for the children and we want to do this for the school system. We want no child to suffer any of the effects and/or stigmas of being food-insecure.
Our goal is to raise at least $6,000 annually to help alleviate the school meal debt in Eufaula. Won't you help us by clicking on the link below (You must provide your name and contact information when you purchase a ticket online for us to know who to contact) or using the QR code in the flyer and purchasing a $5 raffle tickets for a half cow and a freezer to be given away on Labor Day weekend. 100% of the proceeds will go to the elementary school in Eufaula OK to be applied toward the school meal debt.
Thank you for reading this. Thank you for helping us.
Eufaula Lakeshore Realty Team & Vision Eufaula
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