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Program aims to ease children’s hunger By GINA KINSLOWGlasgow Daily Times There are 63 students in the Glasgow and Barren County School districts enrolled in the program. The county, as a whole, can have 202 students enrolled, based on the number of children who qualify for the free and reduced lunch programs.
“We can max out at 202. We can get more, but we would have to purchase the additional bags instead of just paying for the delivery of the food,” Lee said. Metcalfe County’s Migrant Education Program and Family Resource Centers work closely with Wisdom Faith Community Church to make the program available there. Metcalfe County started with 26 students and now has 55 enrolled, according to April Willis-Harper, regional migrant coordinator. “Our district qualifies for about 90 kids, so we still have open slots that we haven’t filled yet,” she said. All involved with the program say it is worthwhile and that it meets a definite need. “I think it’s an excellent program,” Willis-Harper said. “I wish we’d had it a long time ago.” The program is also available in surrounding school districts. Before working with America’s Second Harvest, Edmonson County did something similar through the Edmonson County Cooperative Extension Service. Two years ago, the school district partnered with America’s Second Harvest to expand the program. The school district’s program now serves between 100 to 120 students a year, including Head Start and every school in the district. Edmonson schools and the Extension Service staff work with a local church and Edmonson County Health and Rehabilitation Center to make the program work. The nursing home has provided a room to store the food in until it is used and its residents pack the bags of food that will go home with the kids. “Without them we couldn’t do this program,” said Libby Austin, Nutritional Education program assistant with the Edmonson County Cooperative Extension Service. Monroe County Schools are offering a similar program. “We have had a backpack program in our schools for the last three years,” said Sandy England, health coordinator and Family Resource and Youth Service Center District contact. “Our Teen Leadership 4-H Club applied for a grant and has been responsible for it. They work with our family resource and youth service center staff to determine the students who will receive a backpack on Friday.” 
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