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ERIC Number: EJ679132
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Project GLEAN: Implementing a School-Based Food Distribution Program. For Parents Particularly.
Moya, Stephanie A.; Hampl, Jeffrey S.
Childhood Education, v80 n1 p36-37 Fall 2003
Describes Project GLEAN (Gain Leverage and Empowerment through Adequate Nutrition), a partnership between a university, a food bank, and a K-8 elementary school to distribute food to the school's children, all of whom were eligible for free school meals. Reports that nearly 55 tons of food were distributed in 2001-2002 and that low-income children had the opportunity to reduce food insecurity in their households. (KB)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Hunger, Intervention, Low Income Groups, Nutrition, Partnerships in Education, Poverty, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, School Community Relationship, Student Volunteers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Food Banks; Food Distribution Programs; Food Security; School Based Services