This Tennessee school is stepping up to feed local families cut off from SNAP
A team of Winchester Elementary fourth graders helps put together weekend meal boxes for local families each week. (Bri Hatch/Chalkbeat)
Winchester Elementary opened its food pantry in March. The government shutdown means more Memphis families are going to the school for food.
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Bri Hatch covers Memphis-Shelby County Schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Hatch spent the past two years in Baltimore covering all-things education for WYPR, the city’s local NPR station, as a Report for America Corps Member.
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