NASHUA — Darrell Cove, who attended this year’s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for the student-led anti-hunger program Meals Matter with his wife, Cathy, discovered the one downside to enjoying a
NH bill would use school leftovers to feed students on weekends
Fresh chef salads are prepared in the Concord High School kitchen on Tuesday morning, March 2, 2021. Not only do the food service prepare food for the school, but they prepare both breakfast and lunch deliveries around the entire district.
Donna Wheeler, cook at Abbot-Downing School, takes out a pan of chicken quesadillas at the kitchen of Christa McAuliffe School on Monday morning, April 27, 2020. The school provides 150 meals a day, both breakfast and lunch, for school children around the district even during April vacation. The meals are delivered to desitinations around Concord using school buses. The meals are delivered for pickup at White Park, Jennings Drive and other locations around the area.
Bill would use school leftovers to feed students on weekends
Published: 4/17/2021 3:00:05 PM
State lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to tackle the issues of food waste and childhood hunger by allowing students to eat school lunch leftovers over the weekend.
The bill, which has passed the House and is currently in the Senate Education Committee, would permit school districts to partner with a nonprofit organization to freeze leftover food from school and turn them into “TV dinners” that students can take home and eat over the weekend.
Rep. Tom Loughman, a Democrat from Hampton, who introduced the bill, HB500, said it was inspired by a school in Elkhart, Ind., that has a similar program.
Nightingale House to bring meals to your door with new delivery service
A new frozen and fresh meal delivery service ‘Meals by Caffi Cwtch’ is being launched by Nightingale House Hospice
Unable to open during lockdown due to Covid restrictions, the hospice’s Caffi Cwtch, with the help of volunteers, started delivering freshly made delicious meals locally last year.
Their current service ‘Meals Matter’ was such a success that it has now expanded its mouth-watering menu and been given a new name – Meals by Caffi Cwtch.
Meals can be collected or delivered and the venture will provide much needed funds for hospice patient care.