West Virginia soliciting donations to feed kids

State education officials publicized Thursday grants to eight organizations to help feed children during non-school days, when kids don’t have access to the free- and reduced-cost meal programs that are offered when classes are in session.

Now the state is requesting more donations from the public.

Samantha Snuffer-Reeves, a coordinator in the state Department of Education’s Office of Child Nutrition, said the Wal-Mart Foundation has provided $37,000, which was divided among eight organizations that are already helping feed kids during weekends, summer breaks, winter breaks, snow days and other off days.

The groups are Mountaineer Food Bank, Gassaway; Elk River Backpack Blessings, Pinch; Facing Hunger Foodbank, Huntington; Five Loaves and Two Fishes, McDowell County; the Huntington High School Food Pantry; The Family Center of Richwood; Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club, Morgantown; and the Berkeley County BackPack Program, Martinsburg.

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