Newark Area Welfare Committee Clears Lunch Debt
March 2019
Joe Brady, treasurer for the Newark Area Welfare Committee, had a pretty simple reason for why the organization donated nearly $6,000 to clear student lunch debt at several Christina School District schools.
Their donation assisted more than 850 students at Downes Elementary, West Park Place Elementary, Shue-Medill Middle School, Maclary Elementary, McVey Elementary, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School, Kirk Middle School, Delaware School for the Deaf, Marshall Elementary and Newark High School.
“I just feel good that these kids just go back to zero and life is good. They don’t need the stress,” said Ande Solge, supervisor for Child Nutrition Services in the district. “They’re not truly responsible for the cash flow in the in the household, yet they’re the messenger.”