The Noelle’s Gift Foundation has donated $7,800 to the Chatham-Kent Student Nutrition Program, which provides nutritious meal and snack programs to more than 5,400 students in 50 school programs across the municipality.
“This generous donation by Noelle’s Gift will greatly assist the Chatham-Kent Student Nutrition Program in its mandate to provide nutrition support, so that children are well nourished and ready to learn,” says Elaine Lewis, Coordinator of the Chatham-Kent Student Nutrition Program.
Noelle’s Gift is a Sarnia-Lambton charity that was established following the death in January 2013 of Noelle Paquette, a former kindergarten teacher with the St. Clair Catholic District School Board.
Noelle’s Gift funds organizations which support children.
Representatives of the Noelle’s Gift Foundation will join Elaine Lewis in a visit to the CK Student Nutrition Program at Holy Family Catholic School, 649 Murray Street, Wallaceburg on Monday, Dec. 1.
Quick Facts
– CK Student Nutrition Program started in 1998 with 13 programs and has grown to 50 in 2014
– 5,400 students a year participate in the CK Student Nutrition Program and are served over 900,000 meals.
– There are 20 snack programs serving a minimum of two items from the Canada Food Guide food groups.
– There are 23 meal programs serving a minimum of three items from the food groups.
– Seven programs serve both a meal and a snack.
– There are approximately 460 volunteers, who donate more than 90,000 hours of service to the CK Student Nutrition Program every year.
