he generosity of Knox College students is helping to feed Galesburg schoolchildren during their extended winter break this year.
Knox students have donated 1,576 "meal swipes" from their college meal plans to provide meals for schoolchildren through the Lunch Spot, a communitywide initiative. Each "meal swipe" translates into one sack lunch for a Galesburg School District 205 student.
The Lunch Spot program, which involves numerous sponsors and volunteers, is supplying lunches for children during the final two weeks of the 2010-2011 winter break. The school district scheduled the longer break as a cost-cutting move.
Contributions from Knox students will provide nearly all of the lunches for schoolchildren the week of Jan. 10-14.
"It's a phenomenal thing the students have done," said Rhonda Brady, executive director of the Knox County Area Project, a Lunch Spot sponsor. "The Knox lunch donation is huge for us."
"Knox students want to be a part of the community and help the community," she added.
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