Help me feed my students!

Help me feed my students! I’ve been a teacher for almost 20 years. Before that my mom was. She always fed her kids. Always had snacks and candy available. I’ve followed in her footsteps by being the teacher who has food if you need it. In a time of growing educational and economic issues it’s become very important to me to be able to give food to my students who missed lunch, couldn’t pay for it, or didn’t have time to eat and thus couldn’t. For the last two years I had snacks around that I bought myself. And the students knew I was the teacher who could give out a small free snack if needed. And it always killed me when I had students come to me for food and I had to say no because I couldn’t afford it at that time. I’d love to have a constant stockpile of things like chips, fruit bars, protein snacks and even water if possible. But due to the death of my uncle (basically my father) my excess funding has been cut drastically and I can’t afford even the smallest stuff I would get. I never thought I’d create one of these but I’d rather the students be fed than for me to not have to swallow my pride and ask for help. Any little bit helps. When students are hungry they’re less focused and less likely to study and succeed. They also feel less cared for and have more behavioral issues. If you can help it would be greatly appreciated. This fundraiser will be used for getting, storing and disseminating food throughout the year. And hopefully to bring awareness in anyway to the fact that students need more access to free food. Thank you for your time and for checking this out.