Staci Skogas
"My very first year, I made a goal for myself; to be able to get Montana beef, local beef, into our school."
Staci shares how in Fairview's film. Watch it here.
Francis Brown LoneBear
"The Seasonal Round is what our ancestors used to follow...and a lot of it's incorporated with food. We try to incorporate a lot of this in our cooking, in our lifestyles, every year at the school."
Francis shares how Nkwusm Salish Language School is incorporating Traditional Foods in school meals. See the preview here.
Why It Matters
1 in 6
The number of kids who eat in a school-meal facility partially supported by MT-PECH*
*MT-PECH 2023 Granting Data
34K
The number of additional MT kids qualifying for free & reduced meal programs in 2023*
*MT Office of Public Instruction
92K+
MT kids who still need help with nutrition security*
*2022 ERS data, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
MOST
MT communities lack needed infrastructure for supporting healthy, nutrient-dense diets for the children and families who live there.
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Nutrient-dense diets are diets that supply needed vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber in quantities capable of lowering the risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Information that Illuminates
COMMUNITY FILM PROJECT
About Our Organization
The Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger is a public non-profit that grew out of a statewide coalition dedicated to changing our food system to end childhood hunger and improve access to nutrient-dense foods in Montana. We provide grants to schools, community organizations, and other organizations working throughout the food system to improve and increase nutrition security for Montana's children and their families.
How You Can Help
Changing food systems to provide better nutrition security for Montana's children and families is a massive undertaking. Your support through funding, advocacy, and action makes a difference. Click here to learn more about how you can take action in your community or organization, donate, or advocate for change.
