Since 2001, the Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba has provided funding and supports to school nutrition programs.

Maxine Meadows, the Operations Manager with the Council, shares why this support is important.

“We know that students come to school without having had enough to eat for a variety of reasons and schools want students to be ready and prepared to learn. If that means having food available then that needs to happen.”  

Earlier this week, the province just announced a 30-million dollar funding boost to school nutrition programs.

Currently over 300 meal and snack programs in Manitoba schools reach 45-thousand students daily.

Meadows says the extra funding will allow the council to continue providing grants to these programs and reach out to the 70-plus schools currently on their wait list.

Learn more about the funding and the council. Catch Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.