What's Happening in South Charleston, WV…

To help keep hungry kids fed, West Virginia education officials have highlighted a number of organizations that provide meals to kids. At the beginning of this month, the state took things a step further and directly asked the public to help out with donations to those organizations.

As the school year gets underway, eligible students in South Charleston and other parts of West Virginia will once again have access to reduced cost or free lunches and breakfasts, offered during schooldays. However, many of those children are in a difficult position when there is no school, as the free meals are not offered on weekends or on days off.

Among the organizations that offer meals to students on school breaks, weekends and during summer vacations are the Mountaineer Food Bank, the Huntington High School Food Pantry, and the Berkeley County BackPack Program in Martinsburg. Group such as these can use poster printing to highlight the type of donations they need.

The call for donations from the public is part of phase two of the Feed to Achieve Act, which was passed in 2013. Phase one of the act required schools to provide breakfast to students at some point at the start of the school day. Phase two focuses on making sure students have food to eat outside of school time.

Donations to the Feed to Achieve program can be made online or by sending a check to the organization's office in Charleston.