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80HighDefinitions t1_je5ui4y wrote

I’m in the US and I would be thrilled to see a local headline like this, but no. We have guns and capitalism.

At least someone, somewhere cares about the kids.

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DorisCrockford t1_je63l4o wrote

My US city does this. Says it's federally funded.

It's been going on for a long time, too. I took my kids to a rec center playground in the early 2000s, and someone came out of the building and announced lunch. We didn't go in with the others, but then she came over to us and said all kids get to eat, doesn't matter who, as long as they're children.

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financequestionsacct t1_je67psh wrote

I'm in the Seattle Metro area and had a similar experience. I was taking my infant to physical therapy a few years ago. We were headed to our car and a semi truck was parked in the valet roundabout handing out food, diapers, formula. We said no thank you, we are okay. They told us we could pull our car around and they'd load the trunk for us. They said that the cancer treatments, NICU, etc is often so expensive on families they can't afford disposable diapers or the parents will often go without essentials. In response, the county setup this mobile refrigerated grocery truck and went to where the families would be so there'd be no shame. That broke my heart.

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Marthaver1 t1_je7s1k7 wrote

NYC has been giving free meals to public school kids for a long time now, even in the Summer- that’s in addition to their summer food program that caters to children 18 and under plus people with disabilities.

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