Food sack to help supplement Cincinnati students' nutrition through the holiday break

To help fight childhood hunger, every pledge to Cincinnati Public Radio today will feed four Cincinnati children through Childhood Food Solutions (CFS) Food Sacks and Green B.E.A.N. Delivery.

“We're banning together because thousands of children in Cincinnati are faced with hunger insecurity”

With about 70 percent of Cincinnati Public School students receiving free or reduced-cost lunch, these organizations have partnered to ensure that as many children as possible have enough food to eat when not at school.

"We're donating oranges for every CFS Food Sack to help supplement students' nutrition through the holiday break," said Matt Ewer, founder of Green B.E.A.N. Delivery. "The community of Cincinnati is lucky to have an organization like CFS working every day on creating solutions to address food insecurity and hunger relief. We are honored to partner with WVXU to shed light on CFS's tireless work on this issue. It's inspiring all of us to create a solution."

CFS Food Sacks are delivered to families living in poverty-stricken areas, where many children rely heavily on the meals they eat at school. Food Sacks will contain a variety of products to help ensure proper nutrition through winter break.

"We're banning together because thousands of children in Cincinnati are faced with hunger insecurity," said Tony Fairhead, director of CFS. "These kids receive Food Sacks for weekends and vacation breaks so they can come back to school and focus on learning, not that they are hungry. We're grateful for Green B.E.A.N.'s support and donations of very healthy, fresh fruits to nurture the kids in our community."

Donations may be made to WVXU by visiting www.wvxu.org or calling 513-419-7155. Donations may be made to WGUC by visiting www.wguc.org or calling 513-241-5757.

www.childhoodfoodsolutions.org.