{"id":4623,"date":"2017-09-20T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2017-09-20T22:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:22:20","slug":"teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Hunger: A Teacher\u2019s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kaitlin Breuleux \u2013 1st Grade Teacher<\/p>\n<p>In every community, of every size, in the city, suburbs and rural communities, childhood hunger is a heart wrenching issue <!--more-->that reveals itself in one inescapable fact \u2013 1 in 6 kids will face hunger in America. That\u2019s according to \u201cNo Kid Hungry\u201d \u2013 a campaign of Share Our Strength, a non-profit organization committed to ending childhood hunger.<\/p>\n<p>And, nowhere are the realities associated with this problem more prevalent than in the classrooms of our schools. It is here where teachers, like me, experience first-hand this problem everyday with many of our students. That\u2019s because collectively, teachers spend more time educating their students compared to the amount of time they get to spend with their families during the school year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7CruXJn-EE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nMost of my first-grade students are from low income families. When they\u2019re at school, they can enjoy a nutritional breakfast and lunch. Being able to enjoy a healthy meal helps them during the day to concentrate better, focus on their assignments and do their best in the classroom. It\u2019s in the evening and over the weekend, when school\u2019s out, that it becomes more difficult to avoid being hungry.<\/p>\n<p>At the school where I teach, on Fridays, students are provided bags with non-perishable food items that are delivered to their homes for them to enjoy during the weekend. It helps a great deal, but that doesn\u2019t stop my students from worrying about it all.<\/p>\n<p>One student came up and asked me if the food bags would be available to him and his family during the summer. I assured him that the food would be provided, but I wish he didn\u2019t have to worry at all.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I am glad that \u201cNo Kid Hungry\u201d is partnering with Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurants. Throughout the month of September, anyone who donates $2 or more while dining at any of their restaurants, for lunch or dinner, they\u2019ll receive a $5 \u201cthank you card\u201d for their next visit.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of all my students, I invite you to take time to see and hear for yourself a brief video about my experiences at school. Thank you for listening.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: To learn more about \u201cNo Kid Hungry\u201d month and how Spaghetti Warehouse is helping to make a difference, visit\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.NoKidHungry.org\">www.NoKidHungry.org<\/a> for more information about this nationwide effort to end childhood hunger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kaitlin Breuleux \u2013 1st Grade Teacher In every community, of every size, in the city, suburbs and rural communities, childhood hunger is a heart wrenching issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[237,234,30,240,236,198,194,238,19,17,12,235,239,187,18,241],"class_list":["post-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4643,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meatballs.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}