For an update on Central Dallas Ministries' Nuture, Knowledge and Nutrition (NKN) effort take a look at the article and the editorial that appeared recently in The Dallas Morning News:
Download the article here as a PDF, or you can view the article on DallasNews.com here.
You can also
view the DallasNews.com editorial here.
NKN is a partnership with the Texas Department of Health and Human Services that provides free lunches and snacks for low-income children in our area. These children all qualify for the free and reduced meal program during the school year.
NKN teams with local community organizaitons, churches, recreation centers and others to provide the nutrious meals. Half-Priced Books provides thousands of children's books to be used by the summer programs with whom we team. The books eventually end up in the homes of the children who participate.
Before the summer is over we expect to be working at well over 100 sites across the Metroplex. We estimate that we will serve over 200,000 meals to around 6,000 children over the next 10 weeks.
NKN also provides healthy afternoon snacks to over 20 (and the number is growing!) after-school programs during the school year.
Anyone interested in being involved should contact our program director, Sonia White at swhite@centraldallasministries.org or at 214-823-8710 ext. 134 or 135.
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