ESS 4th graders collecting peanut butter & jelly for Got Lunch!

To the editor,

The Advisory Board of Got Lunch! Laconia has always felt that our program is so much more than distributing lunches to those who need it. At the end of year #1 the family surveys told us loud and clear that those lunches were needed, and very much appreciated. We have continued to try to get more kids involved, and have approached the SAU about that very thing, and have been well received. Last week was our first real evidence that something big, and something wonderful is happening to our kids, as they learn what Got Lunch! is about. They are learning and witnessing what reaching out, helping someone who needs help, and caring for others is all about.

Witness this letter from an Elm Street student received two weeks ago;

Dear Got Lunch! Program,

This is Eric Phelps, and I am the Vice President of the Student Government at Elm Street School. The Student Government here would like to help you out and would like to know what we could do to help your program. We have some students that get free lunches, and want to help them out too. Right now we are having a drive to collect jars of peanut butter and jelly. What else can our Student Government do to help out?

Sincerely,

Eric Phelps

Eric is a 4th-grader. Eric and his classmates have noticed more than a few things around them, and are getting involved. In the fourth grade! This is truly heart-warming. This is Laconia, and we are so proud.

The Got Lunch! Laconia Advisory Board