Lunches for Learning

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Lunches for Learning
Founded2005
Type Non-profit, Interest group
ServicesProviding a hot meal and education to children of Honduras
FieldsEducating children
Website www.lunchesforlearning.org

Lunches for Learning is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2005 by Ron Hicks. [1] Lunches for Learning provides a meal per day to children attending public schools and kindergartens within the Republic of Honduras. Lunches for Learning, Inc. is listed as an incorporated entity in the republic of Honduras, where it predominantly operates. [2]

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Lunches for Learning intends to help improvised children eat while getting a public education. The primary objective of the program is to permit children to attend school and receive a basic six-grade academic education (adequate in increasing the chances of a future above the poverty level for an individual in Honduras). [3] [4]

Lunches for Learning provides a daily lunch for elementary school children by utilizing the cooperative efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsors, and the government of Honduras. [2] Currently, the Lunches for Learning program or L4L accommodates 29 schools and 1,700 children. In the US, L4L's operations are predominantly staffed by volunteers under the leadership of an executive director. In Honduras, L4L employs local Honduran citizens to provide management and administration of this program in the country.[ citation needed ] Both volunteers and employees in Honduras and the US seeks to keep administrative and logistical costs low so that more hungry children can be fed. [5] [6]

In addition to its main goal, Lunches for Learning also helps to build kitchens and assists World Food Program (WFP)[ citation needed ] in transporting legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil necessary for producing meals.

Board of directors

ChairmanCraig Simons
Vice-ChairmanTerry Taylor
SecretaryArt Walsh
Vice President and TreasurerJeff Bohman
DirectorLinda M. Browder
DirectorJacque Digieso
DirectorSteve Gulledge
DirectorKristi Holzimmer
DirectorRudiger Lind
DirectorArmando McCormick
DirectorAce Necaise
DirectorBill Rivers

Staff

Executive director, United StatesPhil Dodson
Operations Administrator, United StatesMary Lou Monaghan
Manager of Honduran OperationsFernado Ortiz
Manager of Government & External RelationsJessica Gonzales

Growth

The Lunches for Learning program started with 84 children in 1 school. Since 2004, the L4L Organization sponsors 29 schools and accommodates over 1,700 children.[ citation needed ]

The "Schools" section of the Lunches for Learning website provides an interactive GPS map with map-points in which all L4L program-sponsored schools are shown, including number of students, along with their current community.

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References

  1. "Obituary for Ronald Edmon Hicks at Southern Memorial Funeral Home & Crematorium". www.southernmemorialfuneral.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. 1 2 "Support Lunches for Learning, Inc. on Mightycause". Mightycause. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. Thomas, Amanda "Alabama man helps feed poor in Honduras" by the AP featured in the Montgomery Advertiser December 17, 2007 PAGE 7A
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  5. Luckerson, Victor "Lunches for Learning" The Montgomery Independent August 7, 2007 Vol. 45 No. 31
  6. "Lunches for Learning". CanadaHelps - Donate to any charity in Canada.