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…