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Milo school program keeps kids fed

by Pat Coate | April 19, 2009
"We’re going to use the whole village to raise these kids."
- Dawn Russell, project co-coordinator

It’s all too common for some Milo Elementary School pupils to complain about being hungry when school is not in session.

Under the program, which was launched this week, every pupil in the school receives a backpack filled with enough food to comfort their hungry bellies each weekend and every school vacation.

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