Care to Learn Springfield provides food for SPS students during Thanksgiving break

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -Many students are already on Thanksgiving break, and non-profits in the Ozarks are making sure they’ll have dependable meals every day they’re not in school.

According to Feeding Missouri, about one in six children in Missouri lives in a food-insecure home.

Care to Learn’s Springfield chapter sent vouchers to Springfield Public Schools that have pantries. Those vouchers can be used to buy food for kids over the break. The nonprofit also stocked pantries with seasonal items, like Thanksgiving sides…

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