Jodi Hess drove her Head Start van through the Upper Valley Medical Center parking lot in Troy on Tuesday and received 18 food boxes to give to the three families she works with.
“This is extra support for kids for the summer. … A lot of kids skip meals because there’s not enough at home, so this is definitely a blessing for people,” said Hess, who is a home-based educator for Head Start, meaning she teaches in people’s homes.
The Troy location is one of two weekly mobile routes Children’s Hunger Alliance has this summer that distributes ready-to-eat meals for families to take home in the summer…