U.S. News & World Report, February 26, 2017: School Nurse’s Supplies Include Food, Toothbrushes and Coats
“‘By winter, when families aren’t working as much, we do see them struggle,’ Fritz said. ‘The food bank is designed to be temporary, usually at the end of the month when food stamps have run out.’ The nurses shop sales and buy the food themselves, asking families what they like to eat. ‘Even poor kids want to eat what the other kids are eating,’ Fritz said. ‘We let them come in and help pick it out so it’s more like shopping. I tell them it’s not against the law to run out of food. Everyone needs help sometimes.'”