The mission of the St. John's School Lunch Association is to operate a non-stigmatizing program that provides a hot, nutritious lunch for primary and elementary school children, regardless of their ability to pay. About one of four children in our Province live in poverty.
Insufficient food is the most devastating result.
Hungry children cannot concentrate on their school work. They are often tired, lethargic and poorly focused. They tend to act up in class, out of sheer frustration. Children who grow up in poverty cannot comprehend why they are in this situation but they do know they are poor. The lunch program, offered by the St. John's School Lunch Association, ensures children receive hot, nutritous meals, regardless of their ability to pay, without judgement by their peers or injury to their self-esteem.