Snowstorm helps inspire Carmel mayor’s commission on food access

The snowstorm that shut down much of the city in late January helped inspire Carmel Mayor Sue Finkam to launch a new commission.

She’d recently been surprised to learn that approximately a quarter of students at Carmel Elementary School were eligible for free and reduced-price lunches, an indicator of possible food insecurity at home.

With schools closed multiple days in a row because of the winter weather, Finkam wondered if that meant local children were going hungry…

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