MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — With the USDA cutting up to 1$ billion in funding for two of its programs aimed at helping schools and food banks provide fresh food, Community Kitchen Myrtle Beach says its Children’s Hunger Initiative Program is taking the hit.
While in school, kids are provided with school lunches. Once summer hits, a lot of the community’s struggling families rely on “CHIP,” or the Children’s Hunger Initiative Program, to provide meals during the summer.
Lisa D. Greene-Skyers says the program has been in place since before she started working there six years ago. It was her first assignment with Community Kitchen Myrtle Beach…