Paola Hernandez, a third grader at Edison Elementary School, gets some grab-and-go lunches for her family at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation with the help of Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. The donation from Smith’s Food & Drug Stores supports the company’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan which is aiming to end hunger in communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Paola Hernandez, a third grader at Edison Elementary School, gets some grab-and-go lunches for her family at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday. To help meet the food needs of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation with the help of Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. Approximately 57% of students in the Salt Lake City School District qualify for free or reduced lunch, and COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation, officials noted. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. The donation from Smith’s Food & Drug Stores supports the company’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan which is aiming to end hunger in communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025.

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Genesis Arroyocruz, right, a student at Edison Elementary School, and her brother Jerson, who attends middle school, get some grab-and-go lunches for their family at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation with the help of Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools during the grab-and-go meal distribution. The donation from Smith’s Food & Drug Stores supports the company’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan which is aiming to end hunger in communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Edison Elementary School kitchen workers prepare and distribute grab-and-go lunches at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation and Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Edison Elementary School kitchen workers prepare and distribute grab-and-go lunches, pictured here, at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation with help from Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Edison Elementary School kitchen workers prepare and distribute grab-and-go lunches at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation and Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Edison Elementary School kitchen workers prepare and distribute grab-and-go lunches at the school in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. To help meet the food need of students, the Salt Lake Education Foundation and Smith’s Food & Drug are providing 5,200 meals to students. The Salt Lake City School District’s child nutrition department will give out these additional meals at Edison and Escalante elementary schools. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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