Social development initiative Project Bruce has partnered with Otago Corrections Facility (OCF) catering students and other community contributors to provide as many as 110 free school lunches daily to children at the town's four schools. The ''Feeding our Kids'' initiative came about after several parents alerted Project Bruce community development worker Kim Schiller their children's friends were sometimes missing out on school lunches. Otago Corrections Facility catering programme participants prepare lunches for Milton schoolchildren. Photo: Department of Corrections''The scheme is non-judgemental and doesn't discriminate - we understand there are a thousand reasons school lunches can be a challenge for parents, and every child can try them out if they want.'' Long-standing Project Bruce community partner OCF was providing the skilled manpower.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2019 15:45 UTC