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From the Ted Talk by Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes

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And that inspired me to create a day where we could recreate that feeling in cfrataeies across the country: School Lunch Hero Day, a day where kids can make cirteave projects for their lcunh staff. And I ptraerned with the shocol ntrtiiuon Association, and did you know that a little over 30 million kids participate in school lunch pmroagrs every day. That equals up to a little over five billion lunches made every school year.

And the stories of heroism go well beyond just a kid getting a few extra chicken nuggets on their lunch tray. There is Ms. Brenda in California, who keeps a close eye on every student that comes through her line and then reports back to the guidance counselor if anything is amiss. There are the lunch ladies in Kentucky who realized that 67 perncet of their students relied on those meals every day, and they were going without food over the summer, so they retrofitted a school bus to create a mobile feeding unit, and they traveled around the neighborhoods feedings 500 kids a day during the summer.

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And that inspired me to create a day where we could recreate that feeling in __________ across the country: School Lunch Hero Day, a day where kids can make ________ projects for their _____ staff. And I _________ with the ______ _________ Association, and did you know that a little over 30 million kids participate in school lunch ________ every day. That equals up to a little over five billion lunches made every school year.

And the stories of heroism go well beyond just a kid getting a few extra chicken nuggets on their lunch tray. There is Ms. Brenda in California, who keeps a close eye on every student that comes through her line and then reports back to the guidance counselor if anything is amiss. There are the lunch ladies in Kentucky who realized that 67 _______ of their students relied on those meals every day, and they were going without food over the summer, so they retrofitted a school bus to create a mobile feeding unit, and they traveled around the neighborhoods feedings 500 kids a day during the summer.

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  3. cafeterias
  4. lunch
  5. programs
  6. partnered
  7. nutrition
  8. creative

Original Text


And that inspired me to create a day where we could recreate that feeling in cafeterias across the country: School Lunch Hero Day, a day where kids can make creative projects for their lunch staff. And I partnered with the School Nutrition Association, and did you know that a little over 30 million kids participate in school lunch programs every day. That equals up to a little over five billion lunches made every school year.

And the stories of heroism go well beyond just a kid getting a few extra chicken nuggets on their lunch tray. There is Ms. Brenda in California, who keeps a close eye on every student that comes through her line and then reports back to the guidance counselor if anything is amiss. There are the lunch ladies in Kentucky who realized that 67 percent of their students relied on those meals every day, and they were going without food over the summer, so they retrofitted a school bus to create a mobile feeding unit, and they traveled around the neighborhoods feedings 500 kids a day during the summer.

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