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Alleviating Student Food Insecurity in Central Minnesota

September 9, 2024

When Feeding Area Children Together (FACT) Director and Co-Founder Sara Greenberg-Hassan’s son asked if taking food from a school cafeteria trash can was stealing, she wasn’t expecting to take on a new role as community problem-solver. The mom of four was seven months pregnant with her youngest child then. But during the ensuing conversation, Greenberg-Hassan’s children began sharing stories of classmates who went to the nurse’s office every Monday morning with empty, aching tummies or those who nervously wondered if there would be enough food left for them by the time they got to the end of the cafeteria serving line. The family conversation about food insecurity and the realities of kids not having enough to eat made everyone think. Greenberg-Hassan’s second grader asked, “What will we do about this?” His question haunted the young mother as she wondered what some of her kids’ peers were experiencing and what her role was in helping them.

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Tags Food Insecurity, Central Minnesota, Feeding Area Children Together, FACT

Articles from the Sauk Rapids Herald

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View article from April 18, 2020 here.

"District teacher, students, families experience learning curve with distance learning”

by Jennifer Morrissette Hesse

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View article (page 11) from August 29, 2020 here.

“Messerich, Johnson lead SRRMS in 2020—21”

by Jennifer Morrissette Hesse


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