As schools across Alberta are forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government is expanding the reach of a program aimed at offering food assistance to vulnerable students.
The School Nutrition Program helps feed students in participating schools from kindergarten through to Grade 12. However, with all provincial schools now closed, the government is offering funding to non-profit organizations to help bring the nutrition program outside school walls. “Ensuring our students do not go hungry while in-person classes are cancelled is of the utmost importance,” Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said in a statement on Thursday. “We are giving non-profits and school boards the funds and flexibility to find solutions to