According to Phyllis Hayes, CEO of the Arkansas Food Bank, the numbers about childhood hunger are in and the news is tragic: The hunger crisis in America is hitting Arkansas children especially hard. In a new national Feeding America study, "Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2006-2008," Arkansas had the highest rate of child hunger in the entire nation.
Nearly one in four of Arkansas' children suffer from hunger and food insecurity--that's 166,000 children, or 24.4 percent of the state's 680,000 youngest. The study, using data collected before the devastating recession that hit us in 2009, said Arkansas also led the nation in the rate of growth in child hunger at 6.1 percent a year.
To help combat this hunger Florence Mattison Elementary is hosting a Summer Feeding Program in which ALL Children ages 0-18 can come and eat a healthy balanced meal for FREE. We would like to feed as many children as possible June 13th - July 29th for breakfast and lunch. See flyer below for more information.
 Kids Eat Free
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Theodore Jones
Ruth Doyle Intermediate - 5th Grade
