Starting this year, Meade School District 46-1 will match parents’ payments toward school lunch debt, helping families who aren’t able to cover the cost of school lunches. An anonymous $115,000 donation, made through Black Hills Area Community Foundation (BHACF), made this matching program possible.
Meade School District 46-1 invested the donation into an endowment held at BHACF for the benefit of the Meade School District 46-1. The endowment will provide perpetual, annual matching dollars to help families make payments. This year, Meade School District 46-1 will receive $15,000 in an initial grant to help families pay off the current unpaid meals balance of $23,000.
Please connect with Food Service Director Rhonda Ramsdell, Rhonda.Ramsdell@k12.sd.us or 605-347-3601, for your questions and interviews. More details about the School District’s announcement are in the release attached.