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Group offers ‘Dinner for Kids’ program [Video]

A group in Hazleton is trying to bridge the hunger gap for kids in the region who may not otherwise have enough to eat.

HAZLETON, Pa. — The Hazleton Integration Project is fighting childhood hunger through the Dinner for Kids Program, an extension of a program founded by the former owners of Ollie’s Restaurant in Edwardsville. 

Debbie Mills, HIP’s Eradicating Food Insecurity Program Manager, says this has even impacted children’s school performance.

“All of the kids receive free and reduced lunch from the school district, so now, six days a week, they’re also receiving dinner.   all of our staff here are volunteers with the exception of one who is our head chef, but everybody else, the packing, the distributing, all of that is volunteer,” said Dr. Debbie Mills, Eradicating Food Insecurity Program Manager.

Some kids can receive meals whether they are enrolled in school or not. 

“So we’ll have a …

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