Full Plates,
Full Potential
Ending Childhood Hunger by Connecting Kids to School Nutritional Programs
Overview
43% of Maine students need school meals every day. How do we help them?
By working on boosting participation in school meals:
1. Increasing Access
Maine schools and organizations often need support to connect eligible kids
with the nutritious meals they need to learn, grow and thrive.
2. Removing Barriers
Full Plates Full Potential works to break down the barriers to food access that often exist
in schools by empowering them to change the way they serve their meals
and making food more accessible to hungry kids.
3. Investing in Our Schools
Full Plates Full Potential is investing critical funds and raising awareness in schools to help increase participation in USDA Child Nutrition programs that ultimately connect kids with the meals they need.
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WHO WE ARE
Full Plates Full Potential is a coalition of community leaders, stakeholders and advocates working to end child hunger in Maine. Started in 2014 by John Woods and Justin Alfond, the organization was born out of the work of the Maine Legislature’s Task Force to End Student Hunger.
FEEDS KIDS GRANTS
FEED KIDS Grants provide much-needed funding to support best practices in implementation and expansion of USDA Child Nutrition Programs like School Breakfast, Summer Meals, and Afterschool Meals.
WAYS TO HELP
Businesses across Maine are committing to the idea that no child should grow up hungry. The FEED KIDS cause marketing initiative is designed to make it easy for businesses of all sizes, industries, and locations to take action toward ending child hunger, right here at home.
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