Nearly 38,000 children face food insecurity in Fort Bend County, prompting local nonprofit Lunches of Love to expand its weekend meal program as schools resume classes.
The organization, which served almost 2,000 children weekly during summer, anticipates higher demand this academic year. Currently, more than 43 percent of Lamar CISD students qualify for free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs.
“The need is great, and you hope in this job you can be put out of a job, but you’re not. The need just keeps getting greater,” says Liz Ambriz, a volunteer with Lunches of Love…