CLEARWATER, Kan. (KSNW) – Students at Clearwater High School are using their Family and Consumer Science Class to feed their community. It’s a part of the Kids Feeding Kids program with Pete’s Garden.
Schools across Kansas are participating, and the program provides a curriculum focused on increasing food access, reducing food insecurity, and raising awareness about the social and environmental impacts of food waste. Students cook and distribute meals for free to those in need in the community.
FACS teacher Ashley Weber attended a training to learn about Kids Feeding Kids. The students cook and distribute meals once a semester, and this is their first year doing it.
“I feel like this would be a great opportunity for my students to be able to provide for our community, a way for us to give back,” Weber said. “We spend a lot of time learning about cooking for others, so I also look for opportunities to make food for others rather than just for them to eat for themselves.”
Weber says this is a way to show students an avenue to use their skills they may not have thought of before.
“I try to provide opportunities for my students where we can give back to the community, so I feel like this is a great opportunity for my class and students in helping the community and helping be more aware of other people around them and what they can do to help out,” Weber said.
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Kids Feeding Kids was launched with funding from 15 and the Mahomies and is currently funded by both 15 and the Mahomies and the WellSky Foundation.