Local schools gain funding for lunch programs

Bryan and Anita Straw from the Mountain Home Lions Club pose for a photo with Sayoko McCray, Cora Bekker and Rebecca Goff with the kitchen staff at East Elementary School as the local club presented the school with $100 to support its school lunch program.

Photo courtesy of East Elementary School

Looking to help students in the local community, representatives from the Mountain Home Lions Club provided money to local area schools as part of an effort to ensure none of these children and teens go hungry.

Celebrating its second anniversary, Anita and Bryan Straw from the local Lions Club stopped by eight schools and provided each of them with $100 donations to support their school lunch program.

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