Volunteers pack bags of food for 120 homeless students at high school

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    BEAVERTON, OR (KPTV) — Volunteers at a Beaverton church are working to prevent homeless teens from going hungry during spring break.

On Monday, volunteers with Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ packed up bags of food for 120 homeless students at Beaverton High School.

Those bags ensure students will have three meals a day – with snacks – for nine and a half days while school is closed for spring break.

In total, volunteers put together about 3,240 meals.

Each student will also receive $30 gift cards so that they can purchase fresh food and three masks, which is important since schools are scheduled to reopen in April.

One of the volunteers told FOX 12 the need has been growing, especially during the pandemic.

“The principal is telling us that kids coming through the lines for the free lunches when they drive through two days a week, it’s new families they haven’t seen before because they are out of work due to the pandemic,” said Nancy Winston.

This was the sixth year volunteers have been doing the meal program for students in the Beaverton School District.

People in the church, as well as some grants, help pay for the food.

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