In a matter of days after learning about the issue, NJTogether leaders in Morris County mobilized & secured a meeting with the Morris School District to raise concerns about the need for food distribution over spring break. Within 24 hours, the food was being delivered, there was a plan in place to distribute the food (via Table of Hope, hosted by Bethel AME Church), and a local restaurant was holding the food in its freezer.
The distribution reached about 200 families each day with breakfast and lunch over spring break.
Read more on Morristown Green here: https://morristowngreen.com/2020/04/05/table-of-hope-morris-school-district-team-up-to-feed-disadvantaged-students-during-break/