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Youth in Our Community Need Our Help

Washoe County School District Nutrition Services is facing a crisis.

Due to the pandemic, the Nutrition Services department is incurring extra expenses around packaging, labor, and increased costs. Each year, Nutrition Services provides meal access to over 65,000 students. 90% of all breakfast and 79% of all lunch meals are served to students of economically disadvantaged families. Since COVID started, these needs have increased.

The Junior League of Reno has partnered with News 4, Fox 11, and Nevada Sports Net to embark on a one-day fundraising campaign to provide meals to students in need.

A Day of Giving to Feed the Need will take place on August 27th.

All day long, News 4, Fox 11, and Nevada Sports Net will be dedicated to educating our community and asking for donations to help feed our at-risk youth.

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WCSD Nutritional Services Facts

• Due to Covid-19, the WCSD Nutrition Services is losing $30,000 per day for free and reduced priced meals.
• The WCSD Nutrition Services serves 100 schools and 65,000+ students. 44% of the students qualify for free meals.
• 40 of 100 schools are Community Eligible Provision (CEP) meaning all students receive daily free meals.
• In 2019, 90% of the breakfasts and 79% of the lunches served were to students who qualify for free and reduced priced meals.
• These numbers continue to increase year over year as more families are finding themselves in need.
• Just $120 provides breakfast and lunch for one student in need for the entire year!