| Lunches for Learning | |
| Type: | Non-profit, Interest group |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Fields: | Educating children |
| Services: | Providing a hot meal and education to children of Honduras |
Lunches for Learning is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2005 by Ron Hicks.[1] Lunches for Learning provides a meal per day to children attending public schools and kindergartens within the Republic of Honduras. Lunches for Learning, Inc. is listed as an incorporated entity in the republic of Honduras, where it predominantly operates.[2]
Lunches for Learning intends to help improvised children eat while getting a public education. The primary objective of the program is to permit children to attend school and receive a basic six-grade academic education (adequate in increasing the chances of a future above the poverty level for an individual in Honduras).[3] [4]
Lunches for Learning provides a daily lunch for elementary school children by utilizing the cooperative efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsors, and the government of Honduras. Currently, the Lunches for Learning program or L4L accommodates 29 schools and 1,700 children. In the US, L4L's operations are predominantly staffed by volunteers under the leadership of an executive director. In Honduras, L4L employs local Honduran citizens to provide management and administration of this program in the country. Both volunteers and employees in Honduras and the US seeks to keep administrative and logistical costs low so that more hungry children can be fed.[5] [6]
In addition to its main goal, Lunches for Learning also helps to build kitchens and assists World Food Program (WFP) in transporting legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil necessary for producing meals.
| Craig Simons | ||
| Vice-Chairman | Terry Taylor | |
| Secretary | Art Walsh | |
| Vice President and Treasurer | Jeff Bohman | |
| Director | Linda M. Browder | |
| Director | Jacque Digieso | |
| Director | Steve Gulledge | |
| Director | Kristi Holzimmer | |
| Director | Rudiger Lind | |
| Director | Armando McCormick | |
| Director | Ace Necaise | |
| Director | Bill Rivers |
| Phil Dodson | ||
| Operations Administrator, United States | Mary Lou Monaghan | |
| Manager of Honduran Operations | Fernado Ortiz | |
| Manager of Government & External Relations | Jessica Gonzales |
The Lunches for Learning program started with 84 children in 1 school. Since 2004, the L4L Organization sponsors 29 schools and accommodates over 1,700 children.
The "Schools" section of the Lunches for Learning website provides an interactive GPS map with map-points in which all L4L program-sponsored schools are shown, including number of students, along with their current community.